Mr. Edward Heath on a visit to the R.N.L.I, stand at the International Boat Show in London in 1968. A letter in his capacity as Prime Minister is reproduced on the facing page. Last year he was elected Yachtsman of the Year by the Guild of... - View image in PDF
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The Lifeboat SMALL ADS Lower Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.
[Enjoying one of tne finest Harbour views in Lower Fishguard. a substantial s/det two storey residence, presently subdivided into 3 self contained flats; but equally...
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The Zetland is the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world. She first saw action in 1802 and continued to save lives at Redcar until 1880. Local historian Dave Phillipson, a crew member from 1961-1986, looks at the history of a remarkable...
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(right) Lifeboats from the Relief Fleet visit a large number of stations and are often involved in services which earn awards for the lifeboat crews. The Arun class Margaret Russell Fraser was at Yarmouth on relief duty when coxswain Dave... - View image in PDF
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Greater London.
Life-boat day was held throughout Greater London on 31st May. The amount raised was £6,397, an increase of £1,074 on 1937.
Presentation 'by Mr. Kenneth Lindsay, M.P.,...
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Tá na báid ar snámh san fharraige, Slán abhaile go dtaga na fir. The boats are floating on the sea, May the men come safely home.
Irish folk song
An island on western Europe’s extreme,...
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Ballyglass fills the gap in Ireland's cover The Institution will have an entirely new lifeboat station in operation on the northwest coast of the Republic of Ireland this autumn.
The station, at Ballyglass Co. Mayo will...
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THE Board of Trade has recently published the Wreck Register of the United Kingdom for the past year. As usual, it is a most interesting document, convey- ing much useful information on a subject of national importance.
On...
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Ramsgate, Kent.-—At 5.44 on the morning on the 10th of July, 1952, the ! coastguard reported that the motor vessel Prins Alexander, of Rotterdam, and the S.S. N. 0. Ragenaes, of I Haugesund, had been in collision about eight miles east by...
PiEii, LANCASHIRE.—At 6 A.M. on the 4th September the William Eirkett Lifeboat was launched in reply to signals, to the assistance of the barque China, of Porsgrund, Norway. The boat was towed by the steam-tug Ajax, and when about two miles,...