Early on the morning of the 6th November, during a gale of wind from the N.N.W., accompanied by blinding showers, a vessel was observed in distress about a mile and a half from this place. The Par see life- boat promptly proceeded to the...
West Division Steering failure LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of New Brighton lifeboat station at 1400 on Sunday August 29, 1982, that the yacht Ocea was acting in an erratic manner and appeared to be in difficulties...
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The CHAIRMAN : Your Royal Highness, my Lords, ladies and gentlemen, to-day is the hundredth birthday of our Life-boat Service.
That is the historic event which we have met here to celebrate.
It is, and...
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I LOOK out of my window, and find that the snow is falling thickly, and that the wind is blowing in from the sea. I raise the Bash and listen, and hear the roar of the rising tide upon the beach. It is the boom of the growing...
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Why do I support the RNLI? Two accounts follow of contrasting, unusual experiences on a lifeboat in answer to this question During the Second World War I served for a time in an RNLI boat The Sir William Hillary, ex Dover station. I was 19...
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d'Harcourt, President de la Societe Centrale de Sauvetage des Naufrages. - View image in PDF
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Safety at sea Having just received my summer copy of THE LIFEBOAT and read the reported speech of John Archer at University College, London, on 'Safety at Sea', I feel that I cannot let it pass without making a few comments on it.<...
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The COOPERATIVE BANK A Loan from I **•/ is as near as your phone o APR Specially negotiated rates for RNLI members Borrow any amount between £500-£15,000 Funds transferred directly to your bank account Monthly repayment LOAN £...
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THURSDAY, 6th January, 1881.
Sir EDWARD PERROTT, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the minutes of the pre- vious meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-...
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CLOUGHEY, Co. DOWN.—On the night of the 20th January the s.s. City of Lahore, belonging to Liverpool, stranded on Kearney Point. The Life-boat John was launched and proceeded to the steamer. The captain requested the boat to stand by, which...
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