Survey ship Geotek Alpha ablaze off the west coast of Scotland last July. Barra Island's 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat, Hugh William Viscount Gough, can be seen with 15 of the casualty's crew aboard. Eventually the lifeboat had to... - View image in PDF
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FOR THE PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
OBVERSE.—Bust of His Majesty KING EDWARD VII. Double Legend : " Royal National Life-boat Institution.
Founded in 1824. Incorporated 1860. King Edward VII...
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The boat was very quickly and efficiently recovered by a horde of enthusiastic helpers, in pouring rain and gale force winds, under the expert coordination of the head launcher, Ronald White.
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Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—At 9.55 on the night of the 10th of September, 1952, the life-boat motor mechanic reported that a yacht appeared to have broken down and was drifting to the northward, but the coastguard stated that she was...
YACHT TOWED IN AS GALE SPRINGS UP Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. At 6.35 on the evening of the 8th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht needed help immediately twenty-five miles north-west of Portpatrick....
No 40, Nelson Road, Wimbledon, has become a mecca for model railway enthusiasts from all over England when Walter Cox opens his garden to the public for one day each summer to show off his OO gauge model railway in aid of the RNLI. The Mayor... - View image in PDF
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Lives saved.
Acaster, s.s., of Hartlepool 19 Admiral Nelson, schooner, of Beanmaris 2 Agenora, trawler, of Tenby .... 3 Albert Wilhelm, brig, of Barth . 5 Albion, steamer, of Hull 3 Alice, smack, of...
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LIFE-BOAT BREAKS ADRIFT AT NIGHT Lytham-StAnne's, Lancashire. During the night of the 29th September, 1962, the Workington life-boat Manchester and Salford XXIX, which was at moorings off Lytham after survey broke adrift and was driven...
WINTERTON.—The No.' 2 Life-boat Husland was launched at 11 o'clock on the night of the 4th October, in response to signals of distress shown by the brig Catherine, of Whitby, bound from Portsmouth for Sunderland, which -was...
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