Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Aldeburgh, Suffolk Angle, Pembrokeshire Anstruther, Fife Appledore, North Devon Arklow, Co. Wicklow Arranmore, Co. Donegal Ballycotton, Co. Cork Baltimore, Co. Cork Barmouth, Merionethshire Barry Dock, Glamorganshire...
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LAUNCHES AND LIVES SAVED BY LIFE-BOATS AND IRBs 1st June 1971 to 31st August 1971: Launches 1,330, lives saved 787 THE ACTIVE FLEET (as at 31/8/71) 135 station life-boats 111 inshore rescue boats LIVES RESCUED 94,443 from the Institution'...
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The Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of Llandaff blesses Barry Dock's two lifeboats, the 52' Arun and 41' Watson Susan Ashley during a service of re-dedication and thanksgiving on Sunday, August 22, 1976, to commemorate the... - View image in PDF
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(Left) Port bow view of 30' self-righting pulling lifeboat built by T. and IV. Forrestt and Son for the US Life Saving Service and now in The Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia, USA.
photograph by courtesy of The... - View image in PDF
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I.—DISASTERS AT SEA. THE LIFE-BOAT TO THE RESCUE.
To lie awake listening to the storm,—to hear the rush of the wind, now moaning in the chimney, now thundering at the windows, against which the rain beats and hustles,—to...
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Barmoutb, Merionethshire. — At three in the afternoon on the 3rd of October, 1950, the coxswain and others saw the launch Golden Hind, of Plymouth, approaching Barmouth Bar. There was a heavy sea, with a strong south- westerly breeze blowing...
THURSDAY, 11th October, 1900.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
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Mike Inkster raised £500 by running from Whitstable via Birchington and Mansion and back, a total of 50 miles. The money was divided equally between Whitstable branch and Cancer Research. Mr Inkster's firm, Pedigree Toys Ltd, kindly... - View image in PDF
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On July 6 HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, visited three Scottish lifeboat stations: Invergordon and Macduff, both established in 1974, and Buckle, established in I860. At each the Duke inspected the lifeboat and met lifeboatmen,... - View image in PDF
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H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, E.G., President of the Institution, attended a Life-boat Ball which was organized by the Port of Liverpool and District Branch and held at the Adelphi Hotel on 4th November. During the day the Prince had visited...
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