THE PERFECT SUNNY AFTERNOON of Tu6Sday April 27 seemed to take on extra brightness when Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Kent arrived at the Jubilee Gardens, South Bank, to name the relief 52ft Arun lifeboat Duchess of Kent....
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The scene at Albion Breakwater, Walton-on-the-Naze last June when the centenary re-dedication of Walton and Frinton lifeboat station took place. The Lord Lieutenant of Essex, Admiral Lewis was present, together with the Lord and Lady... - View image in PDF
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theLifeboat asks Ian Ventham, former head of fundraising and marketing, to reflect on his time at the fundraising helm and we speak to his successor, David Brann, on his vision for the future.Ian What notable changes in fundraising have you...
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IT is again our painful duty to record the death of another old and tried friend, and Member of the Committee of Management, of the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, in the person of the late GEORGE...
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MAJOR A» D. BURNETT BROWN, M.C., the deputy secretary of the Institution, who served with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the war, and is now second in com- mand of the Buckinghamshire (Ter- ritorial)...
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Six stages in the helicopter episode at Lyme Regis: in flight, descent into the sea, flotation bags inflated, the ILB alongside, towing the helicopter, the helicopter safely beached.. - View image in PDF
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BEAUFORT WIND SCALE Force 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Limits of wind speed in knots (A knot is one nautical mile per hour) Less than 1 1-3 4-6 7-10 11-16 17-21 22-27 28-33 34-40 41 7 48-55 56-63 64+ Description Calm Light air Light breeze...
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FOR SAVING LIFE FROM WRECKS, VOTED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION TO THE CREWS OF ITS LIFE-BOATS, TO SHORE AND FISHING-BOATS' CREWS, AND TO OTHER PERSONS, FROM THE IST JANUARY TO THE 31sT DECEMBER,...
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In front of the group is one of the life-boat boxes which collected £227 in three months (See page 154). - View image in PDF
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