AMONGST the most interesting and im- portant subjects which, from time to time, have been treated in The Life-boat Journal, is that of the means to be resorted to for the restoration of the apparently drowned, and it is one in which the...
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H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT, President of the Institution, paid a visit to the West Country in May, 1952, and named the new life-boats at the Port of Plymouth and at Padstow.
The Port of Plymouth had a life- boat station as...
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FRASERURGH, SCOTLAND. A life-boat station has been established at Frazerburgh by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, in conjunction with the Harbour Commissioners of that port. The life-boat is on the Institution's plan, designed by Mr....
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LIST OF OFFICERS.
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Capt. H.R.H. The DUKE OF YORK, R.N., K.G.
PRESIDENT OP THE LADIES' AUXILIARIES—H.E.H. The DUCHESS OF YORK.
CENTRAL...
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Coal cargo shifts THE CREW of Clovelly lifeboat, the 71' Clyde Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No. 35), at anchor in Lundy Roads at 1125 on Tuesday, January 21, sighted MV Robert and saw that she had a 30° list to starboard. As...
Celebration challenge London's Lakeside shopping centre was the setting for a unique anniversary fundraising event in August.
The Yamaha/RNLI challenge saw Lakeside staff competing against their retail rivals in a...
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For the first time in its history the annual meeting of the Royal National Life-boat Institution was held at the Royal Festival Hall, London, when the Chairman, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., referred to the decisions...
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Stephen Gilbert and Graham Bradshaw with the 'rescued' cheque for £1,000 after the Falmouth '999 services' display. With them are, from left to right, Mrs Pat Richards (organiser of the display), George Laity (branch... - View image in PDF
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JUNE 27TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT. At 12.27 P.M. a message was received from the Sandgate coastguard that a Hurricane fighter aeroplane had come down in the sea about six miles S.S.W. of Dungeness. A light westerly breeze was blowing and the sea...