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Rear Admiral Sir Edmund Irving, Kbe Cb, a Vicepresident of the RNLI Presented a Plaque to Abbotsford County Secondary Boys School on October 4, 1974, In Recogni
Rear Admiral Sir Edmund Irving, KBE CB, a vicepresident of the RNLI presented a plaque to Abbotsford County Secondary Boys School on October 4, 1974, in recognition of the support the school has given the Institution over the years.View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Dedication of Horace Clarkson By His Grace the Archbishop of Wales the Most Reverend Gwilym Owen Williams With Him Were Coxswain William Roberts (R)
The dedication of Horace Clarkson by His Grace The Archbishop of Wales, The Most Reverend Gwilym Owen Williams. With him were Coxswain William Roberts (r.) and Motor Mechanic Evan Jones.
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Category: Photographs
Lifeboats of the World: Part Ii—Sea Rescue Outside Europe By Eric Middleton
THE LIFEBOAT ORGANISATIONS of the world are to a large extent concentrated in Europe. Taking the wider aspect of general sea rescue, outside Europe it is mainly in the hands of the naval services or, as in the United States and Canada, an...
Category: Articles
They Have Now Been Warned
Two men have been fined £2 each at Tobermory for firing a rocket "for fun" over the Island of Tiree, in the Inner Hebrides, on the night of the 3rd of January. The rocket was taken for a distress signal and the Barra Island...
Category: Services
Peep o ' Day, of Wrexford
On the morning of the 21st April the services of this life-boat were again called into requisition. The lugger Peep o'Day, of Wexford, was totally wrecked on the north end of the Dogger Bank, during a strong breeze from the E.N.E. The...
The Wells Life-Boat Ernest Tom Neathercoat—A 37-Foot Oakley—Was Built In 1965. She Is a Self-Righter and Is One of About 20 of Her Type In Service With the R.N.L.I., In Addition to Six 48-Foot 6-Inc
The Wells life-boat Ernest Tom Neathercoat—a 37-foot Oakley—was built in 1965. She is a self-righter and is one of about 20 of her type in service with the R.N.L.I., in addition to six 48-foot 6-inch Oakley and Solent class and six 44-foot... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
True Vine, of Fraserburgh
OCTOBER 1ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At noon the Gorleston coastguard reported a drifter on Scroby Sands, flying a distress signal. A light north-westerly breeze was blowing, with a swell. The motor life-boat Louise Stephens...
Rose of Lancaster
OPERATION AT SEA Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 5 a.m. on nth January, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Rose of Lancaster of Liverpool had a sick man on board who required medical attention. There was a...
. . . .Received By Way of Exchange, a Box of Chocolates
.... received by way of exchange, a box of chocolates. Alison, whose obvious surprise and delight caught the photographer's attention, is the daughter of a member of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund's executive committee.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Meath, of Dublin, and the Admiralty Examinaion Vessel Manx Lad
AUGUST 16TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
At 7.40 A.M. the coastguard reported that an explosion had occurred on the S.S. Meath, of Dublin, which was entering the harbour for examination. The weather was fine, with a light N.W....