AUGUST 31ST. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. An aeroplane had crashed over the Naze, and the pilot was seen to leave the machine by parachute, but he could not be found, and it was learnt later that he had come down on land. - Rewards, £6...
EastEnders star Andrew Lynford (AKA Walford's Simon Raymond), together with the two ugly sisters, gave his support to the lifeboats at Weston Super Mare recently during the town's 1999 Winter carnival.. - View image in PDF
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January 1999 Mr James Daniel, St Ives chairman. Mr Daniel joined the station committee in 1953 and was chairman from 1956 until 1988. He was awarded the Silver badge in 1980 and the Gold badge in 1984..
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The Atlantic 21, which takes its name from Atlantic College in Wales where it was first developed, has a Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) hull with Inflatable sponsons and a rollbar assembly above the two outboard engines on the... - View image in PDF
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Above and below left: SEA Check Coordinator Mike Dymond makes a thorough equipment check aboard Orkney Day ng/erSamaki II.
N-B- Steve Mills, the owner of the boat, was so impressed with the scheme he has since become a... - View image in PDF
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MARINE DIVISION Suppliers of OUTBOARD ENGINES to the RNLI INSHORE LIFEBOATS for over 25 years OUTBOARDS are adapted to meet the stringent and safety performance requirements specified by the RNLI For full information contact: Launton Road ...
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Six Medals for Gallantry WEST KIRBY, CHESHIRE On the 6th February, 1943, two men in a small boat were rescued.
MR. BENJAMIN S. ARMITAGE was awarded the bronze medal.
MR. HERBERT JONES, coxswain of the...
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NOVEMBER 21ST. - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. A Royal Naval Air Service aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by a small boat from the shore.
- Rewards, £13 13s. (See Easthaven, “Services by Shore-boats...
AUGUST 19TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. An R.A.F. aeroplane had been reported down in the sea in the estuary of the River Dee, but nothing was found. - Rewards : New Brighton, £9 5s.; Hoylake, £17 10s..
In the five years since war was declared on 3rd. September, 1939, our lifeboats have put out to the help of ships and aeroplanes 3,385 times and have rescued 5,777 lives. That is an average of 22 lives every week. It is more lives rescued in...
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