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An Aeroplane (5)
Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire; New Brighton No. 2, Cheshire ; Kirkcudbright; Douglas, Peel, Port Erin, Port St. Mary and Ramsey, Isle of Man.—21st January.
These eight life-boats searched for a missing aeroplane without...
Cover Picture
The crew of St Peter Port, Guernsey, 52ft Arun class lifeboat Sir William Arnold who, on December 13, 1981, in winds gusting to hurricane force rescued 29 people from the Ecuadorian motor vessel Bonita (see page 77). It was a service for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Civil Servants' Gift
The first of the new 52-foot glass reinforced plastic life-boats to be built from the latest 52-foot prototype fast afloat boat (see pictures page 109) designed by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is to be paid for by voluntary...
Category: Donations
Judging taking Place in the Birmingham Post's Children's Poster Design Competition, Organised In Association With the R.N.L.I, and the British Poster Advertising Association. Entrants, from All Parts
Judgingtaking placein The Birmingham Post's children's poster design competition, organised in association with the R.N.L.I, and the British Poster Advertising Association. Entrants, from all parts of the Midlands, were asked to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
97th Lottery
97th lottery A brand new Suzuki Ignis was the first prize in the spring Lifeboat Lottery, thanks to Britannia Rescue who kindly donated the car. The winning tickets were picked by lifeboat crew members and representatives of Suzuki and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (18)
SEPT. 9TH. - MARGATE, KENT, AND SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea off Leysdown. The Margate life-boat was launched just after eleven at night in a thick fog and reached Leysdown two hours and twenty...
I name this lifeboat ...
Children have been given a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to name a lifeboat in a recent competition. As well as choosing the name of a new Shannon class, the winner and their family will be VIP guests at the naming...
Category: Articles
Festive funds for new Shannon class
Thank you for your kind generosity over the festive season. We had an incredible response to our 2016 Christmas Appeal – you gave £1.3M in total. £750,000 of it is being added to a generous legacy, to fund a new Shannon class...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services November and December 1985 January and February 1986
November and December, 1985, January and February, 1986 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: December 25 Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class inflatable: November 6 and December 13 Alderney, Channel Islands 33ft Bride: January 17 and 30 (twice) Amble,...
Category: Services
March
MARCH Launches 63. Lives rescued 75.
MARCH 3RD. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
At about 5 P.M. an army officer and two non-commissioned officers launched an old boat, intending to punt in shallow water. They...
Category: Services