THIS is a true story, although the name of the life-boat station is not men- tioned. In one of the heavy gales of last winter one of the motor life-boats on the South Coast put out on service shortly after dusk and was out the whole...
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Thursday, 20th March, 1930.
THE HON. GEORGE COLVTLLE, in the Chair.
Decided to open a Life-boat Station at Lerwick, Shetland Isles.
Reported the receipt of the following special...
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Tuesday, 6th May, 1858. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., V.P., F.R.S., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
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Fenit, Co. Kerry, and Galway Bay, Co.
Galway.—In the early morning of the 15th of August, 1949, an air liner from Rome, calling at Shannon Airport on its way to America, made a forced landing on the sea west of Kilkee in...
TWO former operational staff were instrumental in convincing the RNLI of the need to introduce inflatables into the fleet. Lt David Stogdon, an inspector of lifeboats and later Superintendent of Cowes Base, where he led the design and...
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THURSDAY, llth June, 1896.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the pre- vious meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
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Thursday, 21st June, 1928.
SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair.
Passed a special Vote of Thanks to H.R.H.
PRINCE GEORGE for graciously visiting the Orkney Islands in order to perform...
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.Friday, 5th July, 1918.
The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.
Bead and confirmed the minutes of the previous meetings.
Also read and confirmed the minutes of the...
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THE following account of a shipwreck on our coast, and a gallant rescue by a Life-boat, has been taken from a new work,' Under one Hoof/ * by Mr. JAMBS PAYN, the well-known author, whose genius is determined to leave some marks on our...
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On 5th May, 1943, the Wells life-boat took part in an interesting service in which the R.A.F. for the first time dropped an airborne life-boat to a 'ditched' bomber crew off the East Anglian coast. The 'ditched' crew received... - View image in PDF
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