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Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, Presenting Captain J. D. Jeavons, a Member of the Crew of the Moelfre Life-Boat, With the Bronze Medal for his Part in the Nafsiporos Episode on 2nd December, 1966
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, presenting Captain J. D.
Jeavons, a member of the crew of the Moelfre life-boat, with the bronze medal for his part in the Nofsiporos episode on 2nd December, 1966 (see THE LIFE-BOAT for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Adventures of a Life-Boat Flotilla
ON 15th April, 1909, a flotilla of three Life-boats, in two of which motor engines had been installed, were despatched by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION from the London Docks en route by sea for Thurso...
Category: Articles
The Cooperative Bank
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Category: Advertisement
The Oxford Branch
AN Oxford Committee of the Life-boat Saturday Fund was formed in 1900 by the late Commander Maunsell, R.N., and Mr. Belcham, Headmaster of St. Peter-iu-the-East School, who still takes a keen interest in the work of the Institution. By means...
Category: Articles
(Above) There Were 129 Participants from All Over Sussex In a Five-Mile Sponsored Swim In the River Adur at Shoreham Last March It Was Organised By the Brighton Branc
(Above) There were 129 participants, from all over Sussex, in a five-mile sponsored swim in the River Adur at Shoreham last March. It was organised by the Brighton branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club, and the £2,048.30 raised in a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Naming Ceremonies: Scotland. St. Abbs, Fraserburgh, Eyemouth and Portpatrick
FOUR new motor life-boats, two of them gifts from Scotland, were named on the Scottish coast this year, at St. Abbs, Berwickshire ; Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire; Eyemouth, Berwick- shire ; and Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.
St....
Category: Inaugurations
Below Bottom PictureThe Fastest Lifeboat
Below, bottom picture.The fastest lifeboat at the conference was the Dutch rigid inflatable Johannes Frederic class. This 14.4m (47ft) rigid inflatable with an aluminium hull is capable of 36 knots, almost the fastest lifeboat at the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The R.N.L.I, In Pakistan
AS reported in the January issue of THE LIFEBOAT, the R.N.L.I., following an urgent appeal from the British Red Cross, sent staff and inshore rescue boats to aid victims of the flood disaster in East Pakistan. The cargo of inflatable boats...
Category: Articles
Sinking of Biscaya: Four Photographs Taken In Her Last Five Minutes One Minute After the First Photograph Was Taken (Left} Three Men Were Snatched from Biscaya Including
Sinking of Biscaya: four photographs taken in her last five minutes. One minute after the first photograph was taken (left} three men were snatched from Biscaya, including the Dutch crew member from salvage tug Titan.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Gold-Medal Service at Ballycotton
By Mr. Robert H. Mahony, Honorary Secretary of the Ballycotton Station.
ON Friday, 7th February, 1936, a gale from the south-east sprang up on the south coast of Ireland, with a very heavy sea. The gale increased until,...
Category: Services