Below: Construction of the new facilities at Thurso.. - View image in PDF
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(Left) Some of the survivors of Portrush, Northern Ire/and, raft race at the finishing line. The race, paddled in cold, blustery weather on May 28 by more than 60 competitors from all over the Province, raised a fine £5,000 for the... - View image in PDF
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THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain GEORGE PERRIN, of Skegness.
He joined the life-boat crew in 1913.
For three years during the war of 1914 to 1918, he served as mate on drifters engaged in...
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SCARBOROUGH, August 1, 1987: the 37ft Oakley class lifeboat Amelia arrives back at Scarborough with the 38ft yacht Tin Fish which she had towed 24 miles after the vessel's engines had failed. A force 5/6 north-westerly wind at the...
Launch of Bembridge lifeboat, the 48ft 6in Solent Jack Shayler and the Lees, photograph by courtesy of HMS Daedalus. - View image in PDF
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James Dougal receives his Silver medal for Gallantry from HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution.. - View image in PDF
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(Right) Burton-on-Trent branch president and a committee member plan to visit all English mainland lifeboat stations on their BMW motorcycles. They will start from the RNLI stand at the Royal Show being held at the National Agricultural... - View image in PDF
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On the 22nd No- vember, the schooner Mary Jane, of Pad- stow, was stranded in a strong wind and heavy sea near Clay Castle, on the Irish coast. The vessel had only started from Youghal that morning, but in consequence of stress of weather...
MARCH 9TH - 29TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.
At 7.45 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel aground. She was the S.S. Flimston, of over 4,500 tons, laden with steel and with a crew of 38. She...
WITHERNSEA.—The fishing smack City of Bristol, of Hull, stranded about a mile S. of the Life-boat house during a S.E. by S. wind, a heavy snowstorm, and a chopping eea, on the 5th of January. The Admiral Sous Life-boat was launched at 9.15 A...