The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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Lifeboats Our 2007 programme includes 21 superb cruises with many fascinating new itineraries - our best ever line up of celebrities and guest speakers.
and to top it all the Ocean Majesty has had a £1 million...
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EVACUATION OF MEN OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE AND THE FRENCH ARMY FROM DUNKIRK.* THE WORK OF THE LIFE-BOATS OF RAMSGATE AND MARGATE.
At 1.15 in the afternoon of Thursday, the 30th of May, 1940, the Ministry of...
Bridlington lifeboat, the 37' Oakley William Henry and Mary King veers down on her anchor in an attempt to help FV Hannah Louisa stranded in gale force south-easterly winds and very rough seas on March 13. The fishing vessel's crew... - View image in PDF
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The following coxswains and members of life-boat crews have been awarded certificates of service and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations have been awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance and a...
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For the Yachtsman Skipper's Cockpit Guide ISBN 0713652 799 By Bo Streiffert Published by Adtard Coles Nautical Among our supporters are many people who go to sea both for their work and for their leisure and it is the leisure market at...
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JULY 27TH - 28TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. Shortly after six in the evening the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane had crashed on the foreshore at Cairngarrock Bay. The weather was fine, with a slight north-north-west breeze and a...
Jilly Cooper met Hastings own lifeboat, Fairlight, and some of her people: (I. to r.) Christine Martin, Peter Thorpe, Mary Shoesmith, Bob Shoesmith, Colin Green, Joe Martin (coxswain), Doug White (second coxswain), H. 'Sassy' Benton,... - View image in PDF
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No one has given more notable, generous and successful help to the life-boat service in Scotland than Dr.
Leonard Gow, LL.D., D.L., of Glasgow, who died on llth March, at the age of seventy-seven. Dr. Gow was the hon- orary...
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Can you imagine what life might have been like 200 years ago for children in the 19th century (1800-1899)? II was a lime when everything depended on how rich Iheir parents were. The government did little to help the poor who were trying to...
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