On March 20 in a strong west-south-westerly breeze, Newhaven's 44ft Waveney lifeboat Louis Marches! of Round Table went to the help of the barge Dunord which, on passage from Lowestoft to Poole, was aground one mile west ofBeachy Head... - View image in PDF
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South Western Division Tanker aground GUERNSEY LIFEBOAT, the 52' Arun Sir William Arnold, had been called out at 2250 on July 14, 1975, to escort a fishing boat under tow into harbour.
She returned from this service at...
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THE DUKE OF MONTROSE has been com- pelled by ill-health to give up the work which, for many years, he has done for the Life-boat Service, as a member of the Committee of Manage- ment of the Institution and its treasurer, and as chairman of...
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The Duke of Kent's first visit on Orkney on May 10 was to Longhope where he laid a wreath at the memorial to the eight lifeboatmen who lost their lives in the disaster of 1969. The Memorial was unveiled by HM The Queen Mother in... - View image in PDF
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Another day... another service! Poole's Atlantic 75 was called out a couple of weeks before the events chronicled above, and while in the middle of her naming ceremony, when Poole's shallows and tidal streams caught out another yacht... - View image in PDF
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Clockwise from top right: Highland dancers, RNLI supporter Pat 'Pirate' Mulraney and children's entertainer Scott Lovatt all helped to make the open day a roaring success Photos: Hamish . - View image in PDF
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THE following is the Coxswain's report of the important services rendered on the night of 3rd Dec. last, by the Ramsgate life-boat, to the passengers of the emigrant ship Fusi- lier, of London; and to the crew of the ship Denierara, of...
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The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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