Cloughey, Co. Down.—On the 17th June, 1939, a salvage party, eleven in number, was rescued from the Spanish steamer Arantzaza-Mendi which had gone ashore on the 9th May.—Rewards, silver and bronze medals and monetary awards amounting to...
Torbay, Devon.—22nd July, 1339.
A motor launch with a number of passengers on board was overdue, but she was towed in by a motor trawler.— Rewards, £4 13s..
Cromer, Norfolk.—9th October, 1939.
After rescuing the crew of twenty-nine of the Greek steamer Mount Ida, the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey went to the help of a Lowestoft drifter, but found that her crew had been...
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On the left are two of the three stamps issued in 1963 to mark the holding of the Ninth International Life-boat Conference in Edinburgh. - View image in PDF
On the right are two stamps from the Netherlands with life-boat themes.. - View image in PDF
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When a child became sick aboard the educational cruise ship Dunera in July, 1966, she altered course to rendezvous with the Lowestoft life-boat three miles off the coast. - View image in PDF
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Humber: Assistant Mechanic Ronald Sayers (r.) and Crew Member Sydney Rollinson tow water bowser past spot where road to Spurn Point was breached. Piles now standing some 10 to 12 feet proud of sand were previously almost... - View image in PDF
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After the AGM of Newport, Shropshire, branch, the honorary treasurer, A. D.
Arnold, handed a cheque for £1,000 to Glyn Williams, DOS (Wales). Also in the picture are Or A. R. Snead, branch chairman, and Mrs Y. M. Jones... - View image in PDF
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A long, happv day for medallists and their families starts with a photographic session on the embankment outside the Royal Festival Hall . . . 1977: gold medallist Second Coxswain Keith Bower of Torbay arrives... - View image in PDF
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