On the very hot, sunny day of June 6, Mrs Irene Carrington, wife of the president of the St Ives, Huntingdonshire, Rotary Club, named the new D class ILB for Wells station Spirit of Rotary, pouring champagne over her bows. The St Ives branch... - View image in PDF
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The Women of Newbiggin.
Award of the Thanks of the institution Inscribed on Vellum.
ON the morning of January 26th, the whole of the Newbiggin fishing fleet had gone out in fine weather, but while they...
The Lord and Lady Provost of Glasgow, Dr and Mrs Gray, aboard City of Glasgow III. Behind them, (second I) is Coxswain Ian Johnson and in the background (centre) and (far r) are RNLI director. Lt Cdr Brian Miles and chairman. The Duke of... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain Alan Thomas receives his award from Dame Naomi James. - View image in PDF
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The smaller of the two Norwegian boats, Ragni Berg, stood by a Dutch yacht in trouble off Esbjerg on her passage from Norway. - View image in PDF
Photograph by courtesy of Dag Pike. - View image in PDF
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BALLYCOTTON, Co. CORK.—A new Life- boat has been placed here, one of the 34 feet 10-oared class having been substi- tuted for the smaller boat at this Station.
The new Life-boat is named the Oliver Qoldsmith, it having...
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electronic aids to navigation DEPTH—by HECTA echo-sounder, as supplied to the R.N.L.I. This instrument indicates depth by pointer and scale, and illumination for night use is by virtually everlasting •Betalite'. It has two range scales:...
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IN accordance with our annual custom, we are called on to chronicle the fearful and, in the present instance, unprecedented effects, both on life and property, of the terrific storms of the preceding twelve months in the seas and on the...
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£50 million modernisation programme The Duke of Atholl, chairman of the RNLI, announced a £50 million boat building programme to modernise the lifeboat fleet. Speaking at the Institution's annual general meeting, he said,...
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Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 18th of January, 1956, the weather deteriorated while six local fishing boats were still at sea, and it was decided that the no. 1 life-boat should launch to escort them into the harbour. At 10.54 the...