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Wood Was for Hundreds of Years the Traditional Boat Building Material and a Well-Built
Wood was for hundreds of years the traditional boat building material and a well-built wooden craft is still a joy to look at. (Right) The hull of a 37ft din Rather, built of cold moulded wood, starts to take shape. The backbone structure of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1886
YEAR after year the Board of Trade draws public attention to the shipping catas- trophes occurring on our rock-bound shores, as though to remind us that a large proportion of the luxuries and comforts we daily enjoy are obtained at the cost...
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
ARBROATH, FORFARSHIRE.—At about 11 P.M. on the 27th May the large fishing-boat Brothers Gem stranded on the rocks about half a mile to the N.E.
of Arbroath Harbour, and cries for help could be heard from the...
Category: Services
Princess Margaret Being Welcomed at the R.N.L.I, Stand at the International Boat Show By the Then Chairman of the Institution, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, 6.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O. Looking on (Centr
Princess Margaret being welcomed at the R.N.L.I, stand at the International Boat Show by the then Chairman of the Institution, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, 6.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O. Looking on (centre) is the Secretary of the R.N.L.I., Captain... - View image in PDF
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The Life-Boat Service During the General Strike
THE General Strike started at midnight on Monday, 3rd May, and all the regular transport by rail and road ceased at once. On Wednesday, 12th May, shortly after midday, the strike was called off, but it was not until the Saturday that normal...
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Record of the Branches
The 20 Branches with the Highest Collection.
WE publish below a table showing the twenty Branches which made the largest contributions to the Institution during the Branch financial year ending 30th September,...
Category: Branches
The Merchant Vessel Galina (1)
Fortitude off Falmouth Without power, Merchant Vessel Calina found herself at the mercy of a violent storm and drifting dangerously close to shore. With the nearest Coastguard Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) several hours away, RNLI crew were...
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management
For which Rewards were given at the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Bunbeg, Co. Donegal.—At about 5 P.M. on the 14th April Thomas Boyle, of Bunbeg, who had come in from Innishinney Island...
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Honorary Workers of the Institution. No. 11.—Mr. James Hartley Burton, Honorary Secretary of the Beaumaris Life-Boat Station
ME. JAMES HARTLEY BURTON has been Honorary Secretary of a Life-boat Station, first at Penmon in Anglesey —the Station was closed in 1915—and then at Beaumaris, for over 20 years.
He has brought to the work a life-long...
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