A few days later, when in Buckie, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Jones Shipyard, where they saw the 48ft 6in Solent relief lifeboat The Royal British Legion Jubilee, which Her Majesty had named at Henley in 1972, ten years ago;... - View image in PDF
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NOVEMBER 7TH. - WALMER, KENT. The American steamer Arthur Riggs had been damaged in collision with the S.S. Egton, but the Arthur Riggs did not need help and the Egton could not be found. - Rewards, £31 5s. 6d..
JANUARY 24TH. - WALMER, KENT.
The American steamer Carnifex Ferry and another steamer had been in collision, but they did not need the help of the life-boat.- Rewards, £13 19s.
DURING a recent visit to Scotland Yard to discuss future flag-day arrangements with the police, the district organising secretary for Greater London asked the inspector what he thought of the Institution's emblem, as there had been...
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AMONG those associated with the life- boat service upon whom honours were conferred in the Birthday Honours were :— O.B.E. MR. T. O. GRAY, deputy treasurer and vice-president of the Institution ; ALDERMAN H. L. GROVES, patron of the Lake...
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The Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum at Cardiff Docks held a reception on June 7 to welcome to its ranks the 42ft Watson lifeboat Watkin Williams, on station at Moelfre from 1956 to 1977.
Guest of honour, seen here with... - View image in PDF
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Mrs Mary Ruscoe (c) and Mrs Ethel Hampson have between them given 102 years service to Little Hulton, one of the oldest of the ladies' guilds. At a recent dance (which raised £142) a presentation was made by Derek Hallworth, area... - View image in PDF
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Falmouth, Cornwall. — About six o'clock on the evening of the 25th of August, 1957, the St. Anthony coast- guard reported that a small boat appeared to be in difficulty off St.
Mawes harbour. The life-boat Crawford and...
Yarmouth's Arun class lifeboat Jo and John Wade is pictured during a service to the Maltese-registered Ro-Ro vessel/4/A M'tff e/-/during the severe storms which swept the country on 28/29 October 1989. The photograph may not be of... - View image in PDF
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IN two instances recently the indomitable courage of the British Life-boatman has been recognised and suitably rewarded by governments of the respective countries to which the distressed vessels belonged.
The first case...
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