How each £100 of the Institution's Income was obtained in 1935.
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36 16 0 _« __«H_«. » Subscriptions, Donations, and Life-boat Days.
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Port Askaig, Islay.—On the afternoon of the 31st December the Oban coastguard telegraphed that an aircraft had reported a ship drifting eastward through the Gulf of Corrievreckan, which is north of Jura Island. A strong S.W. breeze was...
Girvan, Ayrshire.-—-On the morning of 8th March, 1939, a strong W.N.W.
wind was blowing, with a rough sea, and the fresh water from the flooded river Girvan was making the harbour bar extremely dangerous. Five fishing boats...
Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 2.15 early on the morning of the 20th of Novem- ber, 1953, the South Gare coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Albano, of Hull, had wirelessed that she had gone aground in Tees Bay and had asked for tugs and a...
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Dover, Kent - At 6.25 p.m. on 21st August, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that six boys were cut off by the tide at East Cliff. The life-boat Faithful Forester, with a dinghy in tow, slipped her moorings at 6.47. It was...
FISHING BOAT OVERDUE At 7.36 a.m. on 22nd August, 1964, the coastguard told the life-boat's mechanic that a fishing boat with one person on board was reported overdue. At 9.33 this report was confirmed and both the Royal Air Force and...
Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 2 November show that so far during 1990: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 3,594 times (an average of more than 9 launches a day) More than 1,190 lives were saved (an average of nearly 3...
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The White Rose of Yorkshire (right), escorted by the D class inflatable lifeboat, the Duke of Kent flew north to Staithes where he watched a demonstration launch and crash net recovery of the Atlantic 21 lifeboat. After visiting Redcar he... - View image in PDF
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As his contribution to the Lowestoft lifeboat appeal, Howard Whyntie (left), secretary of the local Shoreline club, commissioned commemorative mugs in a limited edition. The mugs were made by Ernie Childs of Great Yarmouth Potteries and... - View image in PDF
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