DON'T FORGET TO BUY YOUR TICKETS FOR THE BIG BAND CONCERT (in aid of the RNLI) Saturday, March 12th 1977 at 7 p m.
NEW VICTORIA THEATRE WILTON STREET, LONDON SW1 featuring THE BAND OF H,M, ROYAL MARINES THE CHRIS BARBER...
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THE NINETEENTH RNLI national lottery was drawn on October 29, 1982, by Lt-Col D. R. R. Storrie, commanding officer of the Royal Marines, Hamworthy, Poole. Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a deputy chairman of the Institution, and Anthony...
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Caister, Norfolk. At 7.55 a.m. on 29th October, 1965, the mechanic told the coxswain that a small fishing boat was burning red flares. The life-boat The Royal Thames was launched at 8.10 in a fresh westerly breeze and moderate seas, two...
power the lifeboat of the future Designed for deep sea rescue under all conditions, this all metal lifeboat sets the pace for the future. Superbly equipped and designed, the choice of Gardner diesel engines is a fitting tribute to the...
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MOUSEHOLE VILLAGE and harbour just west of Penzance is famous for its display of Christmas lights—an enterprise supported by the whole village and particularly by the Penlee lifeboat crew. Last year Charles Greenhaugh, as chairman of the...
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IN a lecture recently delivered, and since published, by Rear-Admiral Sir WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY, entitled " A Lecture on the Character, Condition, and Responsibilities of British Seamen," will be found the following abstract of the...
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THURSDAY, 18th April, 1901.
Sir EDWARD BIRKECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Read letter from His Majesty's Principal...
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THE life-boat journal on the 1st of January, 1858, in describing a wreck which occurred at Brighton on the 8th of October, 1857, reported: "There were at that time three life-boats at Brighton; one, we believe, belonging to the town...
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Looking across one corner of machine shop to area where lifejackets are serviced and ILBs held for distribution to the coast; all major ILB servicing is done at Cowes.. - View image in PDF
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Three Attempts of the Pulling and Sailing Life-Boat Have Failed The Tide Is Making and Rising Over The Wreck The Two Men on the Barge Have Climbed To The Foot of the Topmast. - View image in PDF
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