Presentations and celebrations go together. . . . When Coxswain Edgar Moore (I.) of Newhaven retired after 16 years service, his station presented him with a model of Kathleen Mary made by Mr Osbourne and Mr Fox of Christchurch. Mrs P.... - View image in PDF
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An extract from The Life-boat, or Journal of the National Shipwreck Institution, July, 1854.
Ix the autumn of 1853, a new life-boat was stationed at Dover by the Dover Humane Society to replace their old one. This boat...
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South West Division French yachtsmen saved SECOND COXSWAIN Peter Bisson was in command when St Peter Port's 52ft Arun class lifeboat, Sir William Arnold, slipped her moorings at 0950 on the morning of Sunday August 11, 1985. A report had...
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TWIN NAMING CEREMONIES at Opposite ends of England took place at 3 o'clock on Saturday, September 6, 1975. At the same time as, in Northumberland, the new Amble lifeboat was being named Harold Salvesen by Mrs H. K. Salvesen, widow of the...
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South Western Division Storm search A PROLONGED SEARCH was made by Padstow, St Ives and Clovelly lifeboats in a south-westerly storm for the Danish coaster Lady Kamilla, which foundered off Trevose Head on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1977,...
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Launches 36 Lives rescued 49 SEPTEMBER 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. A leading seaman on H.M.S. Fossbeck had his skull fractured when a bucket of ashes fell on him, and at six in the morning the motor life-boat Langham, on temporary duty at the...
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Howard Richings continues his tour of the RNLI's lifeboat stations It's an ill wind that blows no good. 1998 certainly began in fine style if one was into windsurfing, whereas in January 1997 it would have required an icebreaker to...
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Mr. C. J. H. Thornhill, of Stanbrook and Thornhill, Holland Street, London, writes: I have kept a life-boat collecting box on my yacht (a smack built in 1894) for a year and during that period, by merely rattling it around the crew at...
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Although Bexhill-on-Sea has had committees for many years, it was not until last Summer that a membership scheme was launched.
The branch is already 200 strong and its first fundraising event achieved £1,020 at the... - View image in PDF
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