SEPTEMBER 23RD. - APPLEDORE, DEVON. The French life-boat Jean Charcot, now in the service of the Institution, was on passage from Padstow to Milford Haven, but as a strong westerly wind was blowing, with a rough sea, the life-boat was unable...
ON the 22nd March this year a life-boat museum was opened at Eastbourne.
The Institution has, at its head- quarters in London, a collection of life-boat pictures and models, and there have been at various times short...
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Maldon Little Ship Club held their annual sponsored row on New Years Day which raised £9,000 for Maldon and District branch.. - View image in PDF
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At 4 a.m., on the 19th October, the Greek brig Mari- etta, from Lisbon, for Cardiff, in ballast, ran ashore on some rocks in Tramore Bay.
One of the crew, at great peril to himself, plunged into the surf with a line, and...
NOVEMBER 14TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
A landing craft had been reported in need of guidance to Falmouth, and was later stated to have made a distress signal, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £31 14s. 6d..
Mrs A Smart, Biddenden, Headcorn and district branch founder member and honorary secretary from 1985 until her death. She had worked for the RNLI for over 35 years in several branches in the following capacities: Crouch End branch LBWO/PRO...
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A WINTER EVENING. Cloud building up.
The south-west wind coming in over the Bristol Channel, moderate to fresh, rising . . .
'All lifeboats—Barry Coastguard— this is Barry Dock number one lifeboat —/...
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THURSDAY, 2nd September, 1869: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Com-...
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