Barrow, Lancashire.—At 8.45 on the evening of the 23rd of July, 1950, the Port Medical Officer advised the life- boat coxswain that the cargo vessel S.S.
Sea Minstrel, of Dover, was expected off the port at one o'clock...
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A winter sponsored raft race on the River Dee organised by the Aberdeen Branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club raised £380 for Aberdeen's new Arun lifeboat BP Forties. The 27 starters were sent on their way by Coxswain Albert Bird, who... - View image in PDF
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The late Jacko Harris with just a few of the many thousands of school children he showed round Appledore lifeboat house in the last 14 years of his life.. - View image in PDF
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AT 3.40 on the afternoon of 17th November, 1962 the honorary secre- tary of the Clovelly life-boat station, Mr. J. C. Hilton, learnt from the coast- guard that a tug was firing red flares three miles north-west of Hartland Point. Five...
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AMONG the numerous models sent in for competition for the Northumberland Prize in 1850 there were no less than twenty-one varieties of Life-rafts, some supported by one cylinder, but more by two; some by closed canoes; some by a boat divided...
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City of Glasgow Ill's Y-Boat Takes Five Belgian Yachtsmen Off The Yacht Bassurelle After She Had Been Driven Aground By Onshore Winds. - View image in PDF
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To show their appreciation for Guide Friendship III the lifeboat crew gave a party just after Christmas for 24 Hartlepool Girl Guides. (1. to r., back row) Mike Anderson, Robbie Maiden, Tug Wilson, Mick Elwine, Barry Young, Les Pounder... - View image in PDF
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The RNLI prides itself on a long lifesaving tradition but, in order to save more lives, it is alert to changes in how people use the sea
People still go to sea for a living. But by the year...
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At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Willis's Booms, King Street, St. James's, on Saturday, 24th day of March, 1888, His Grace The DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, E.G., President of the...
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