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The S.S. Ragna Gorthon
On the 26th September the s.s. Ragna Gorthon, of Helsingborg, bound for the Thames with a cargo of wood pulp, ran on the Kentish Knock sands about three miles N.W. of the light-vessel. A fresh to strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a heavy...
Services of Shore-Boats, In Saving Life from Shipwreck In 1862, for Which Rewards Have Been Granted By The National Life-Boat Institution
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Category: Services
The S.S. Baron Dunmore
Workington, Cumberland.—At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 1st of October, 1952, the master of the S.S. Baron Dunmore, of Ardrossan, reported that his ship had run aground in the channel at Workington and asked for the life- boat. The life-boat...
It Is Not Often That a Champion Fighter Pilot Asks to Look Round One of Our Life-Boats. In This Picture, Taken Some Time Ago, But Only Recently Made Available to the Life-Boat, Group Captain Dougl
It is not often that a champion fighter pilot asks to look round one of our life-boats. In this picture, taken some time ago, but only recently made available to THE LIFE-BOAT, Group Captain Douglas Bader, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., the legless... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Duke Visits Hq
HRH The Duke of Kent stands on the foredeck of Edward Duke of Windsor pined by Brian Miles, David Acland and the crew. Photo: Anthony Oliver. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Neuha, of Berwick on Tweed
On the 4th January, 1863, the ketch Neuha, of Berwick-upon-Tvveed, having got on shore on the Abertay Bank in a gale fromE.S.E., with foggy weather, the Mary Hartley life- boat, stationed at Broughty Ferry, pro- ceeded to her assistance....
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the February, March and April Meetings of the Committee of Management
For which Rewards were given at the February, March and April Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Dooey, Co. Donegal.—The institution awarded its thanks inscribed on vellum and £2 to each of two men, Mr. John...
Category: Services
Faced With the Problem of Transporting a 35Ft Mast Ten Miles from Venton to the Yacht He Is Building at Oreston Peter Compton Turned the Exercise Into a Fund-Raising
Faced with the problem of transporting a 35ft mast ten miles from Venton to the yacht he is building at Oreston, Peter Compton turned the exercise into a fund-raising event. The sponsored marchers, who raised £125 for Plymouth lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Index to the Life-Boat Stations of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. (Tke figures rtfcr to the numbers of the Life-boats dttailtd an pages 336-347. )j Aberdovey, Merioneth, 166. IDroKheda, Ireland, 261. Llttlehaven, Pembroke, 169. Rhyl, Flint, 184. Abersoch,...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Station
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the house for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 228 Life-boat Stations...
Category: Articles