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The Life-Boat of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
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Services to German Yachts. Thanks of the Institution to Clacton-On-Sea
THERE were exceptionally heavy gales at the end of May and the beginning of June, 1938. Thirty-two life-boats were launched on service during the five days from 29th May to 2nd June, the majority on the south-east and south coasts, and they...
Category: Services
The Industrial Training Brigantine Polly
The Coast- guard reported at 3.10 A.M. on the 30th May that a vessel was ashore on the Gunwalloe Beach and within twenty minutes' time the Life-boat John Francis White was on her way to assist her. The weather was moderate but thick at...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain William Henry Glendewar, of St. Helier, Jersey. He was an officer of the life-boat for twenty-six years, serving as second-coxswain from January 1913 to March 1919, and then as coxswain until January...
Category: Articles
The Loss of H.M.S. 'Captain'
AMIDST the fearful events of the war, which at this moment are rending the heart of Europe and holding captive the sympathies of us all, there are few public events of a sufficiently stirring nature to claim from any of us more than a...
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The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
THE ISLE OF WIGHT AND ITS LIFE-BOATS.
XLIV. BROOKS.—The George and Anne, 32 feet by 7 feet 6 inches, 10 oars.
XLV. BRIGHSTONE GRANGE.—The Worcester Cadet, 34 feet by 8 feet, 10...
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The Adventure, the George Evans, the Supply, and B. F. Nash
On the 23rd February the gale which had been the cause of the wrecks previously noted shifted to the N.E., and increased in fury, setting up a terrible sea in Fishguard Bay. At about an hour after midnight of 22-23rd, signals of distress...
The New Dunbar Life-Boat Reaches Her Station
The New Dunbar Life-Boat Reaches Her Station. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Salcombe's 47Ft Watson the Baltic Exchange Her Emergency Bag Inflated
Salcombe's 47ft Watson The Baltic Exchange, her emergency bag inflated, bound for Brixham after being capsi:ed and righting in a violent storm on Ma 10. The photograph was taken by the crew of Torbay lifeboat which was escorting her to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs