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Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.'} FOUNDED IN 1824.—SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
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The S.S. Irwell
At 4.35 A.M. on the 30th November information was received that a Government trans- port vessel—the s.s. In/cell, of Goole —with twenty men on board, had struck the bar and was driving ashore into Seaford Bay. The Motor Life-boat Sir FitzRoy...
The Romanian Cargo Ship Savinesti
Blizzard ON THURSDAY MORNING February 15 a Romanian cargo ship, Savinesti, with 28 people on board was reported in distress 125° 37.5 miles from Spurn Point; she had engine failure and was dragging her anchor. After liaison (made more...
The S.S. Margaret Lockington
FEBRUARY 28TH. - NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. At 4.15 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a steamer was ashore, and the motor life-boat L. P. and St. Helen was launched at five minutes past five. A southerly gale was blowing, with a very...
On 6Th April,1970, Captain Carlos Carreira and Captain Rogerio Pinto of the Portuguese Life-Boat Society,
On 6th April,1970, Captain Carlos Carreira and Captain Rogerio Pinto of the Portuguese Life-boat Society, in the course of a visit to R.N.L.I. establishments, called at Life-boat House, London. Here they are being shown a painting of... - View image in PDF
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The Cork Waist Life-Belt
N the 22nd number of this Journal we described these life-belts, with which all the life-boat crews in connexion with the NA- TIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION are provided, and which they are required to wear on every occasion of their going...
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The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
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Steve Shaw Fright) Is Interviewed By Channel Television With the Assistance of Station Chairman Craig Osborne (Centre).
Below (l-r): Phill Cummins, Ray Brown and Barry Chick. - View image in PDF
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Two Life-Boat Families. The Wiggs, of Kessingland, and the Stone-Houses, of Teesmouth and Redcar
THE Institution, at the end of last year, awarded a special Vellum to Mr.
Edward Wigg, sen., of Kessingland, in recognition of the exceptional services which he and his family have rendered to the Life-boat Service. He...
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The Voyage of the Motor Life-Boat "William Evans" from Cowes to Wexford
THE following are some extracts from the report of the Irish District Inspector on the voyage which the new Wexford Motor Life-boat made to her Station, under her own power, as soon as her trials at Cowes had been...
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