FIGURES for the first nine months of the year show remarkable increases in the numbers of services carried out by life-saving vessels. All three categories of life-saving vessel with which the Institution is concerned, its lifeboats, its own...
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WHITBY, YORKSHIRE On the 3rd February, 1940, three attempts were made by the Whitby life-boat to rescue the crew of the S.S. Charles, of Bruges.
MOTOR MECHANIC JAMES PHILPOT was awarded the silver...
Category: Medals
The eyes have it Whoever chose the model for the fold-out part of the front cover of the Lifeboat Spring 2002 issue did well.
The girl is immediately captivating and gives the image of enthusiasm and ability, but it is the... - View image in PDF
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The eight gold medals were presented to seven coxswains. They were Robert Cross, of The Humber, who won the gold medal twice, and also the silver medal, the thanks on vellum and the George Medal, and helped to rescue 244 lives; Henry Blogg,...
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MARCH. 8TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHE: SHIRE. At 11.38 A.M. the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board reported that the Crosby Lightship was adrift. A heavy W.N.W. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea and rain squalls. The No. 1 motor life-boat...
Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
From volunteers to rescuees
Mike and Jan King have fundraised for a quarter of a century – but never thought they would be on the...
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THE LiFE-BoAT.
Words by Vice-Admiral J. E. WARD.
~ 'i mf Last Verse and Music composed by C. H. PURDAT.
VOICE.
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Fine ships and...
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One morning (raw it was and wet— A foggy day in winter time) A woman on the road I met, Not old, though something past her prime: Majestic in her person, tall and straight; And like a Roman matron's was her mien and...
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Broughty Ferry, Angus.—About 10.15 on the night of the 4th of February, 1957, a telephone message was received from the harbour master at Dundee that a resident in Invergourie had reported a vessel burning flares oppo- site Balmarino above...
THE deep interest that has recently been awakened throughout the country on the subject of the preservation of life from ship- wreck, by the publication of the Report of the Life-Boat Committee, appointed to award the premium offered by the...
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