FOR MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED YEARS the Corporation of Trinity House, with its headquarters on Tower Hill, London, has been concerned with the safety of shipping, the progress of navigation and the welfare of seamen. Despite its venerable age,...
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AT the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Thursday, the 18th day of March, 1858, Vice-Admiral the DUKE of NORTHUMBERLAND, KG., F.R.S., in the Chair, The following Report of the...
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Portsmouth's Atlantic 21 City of Portsmouth pictured earlier on exercise. During the service for which the Thanks on Vellum was awarded she was operating in gale force winds and a stong tide which kicked up seas so steep that she could... - View image in PDF
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Appeal reaches £75,000 BBC Radio Cleveland's Lifeboat 2000 Appeal has now reached the target of €75,000 to purchase an Atlantic 75 class inshore lifeboat for Hartiepool.
The news was broken to thousands of...
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Harwich: At 0630 on the morning of Friday June 8, 1984, Harwich's 44ft Waveney class lifeboat, John Fison, slipped her moorings to go to the aid of the 107ft schooner, Stina. Returning to Maldon from Amsterdam with nine people on board,... - View image in PDF
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Harwich: At 0630 on the morning of Friday June 8, 1984, Harwich's 44ft Waveney class lifeboat, John Fison, slipped her moorings to go to the aid of the 107ft schooner, Stina. Returning to Maldon from Amsterdam with nine people on board,...
Life-boatmen took part in the meetings, on 2oth and 2ist February, celebrating the 25th birthday of the Red Army. Life-boatmen from Margate and Southend-on-Sea were at the chief celebration in the Albert Hall, London; men from Newhaven and-...
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WHEN I TOOK my leave of the lifeboat service on December 31, 1973, it was after 21J years service as divisional inspector and superintendent of the Depot. At the age of 32 years I was serving as a lieutenant on the teaching staff of the...
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The Late Richard Oakley is pictured below with a model of the clans of lifeboat which hears liis name.. - View image in PDF
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PLYMOUTH, JULY 19. A brilliant day with the sun beating down on a cluster of white marquees in West Hoe Park, close by the sea; an atmosphere of cheerful expectancy; flags flying; the Royal Marine Band breaking into the gaiety of...
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