ON the 8th May, 1930, the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Motor Life-boat saved the sailing yacht Billikat, and rescued her two occupants. Mr. H. L. Loring, the owner, has become a subscriber of £2 2s. to the Institution.
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Seven lifeboat stations involved in 21 hour search for missing anglersA complex service on 14 April 1991 involved all seven lifeboat stations from Dover to Newhaven, lasted 21 hours and involved searching of an area of 3,400 square miles for...
Although a Town & Country driveway is beautiful to look at, its beauty is more than skin deep. Beneath the surface is a unique fibre reinforcement that helps prevent sinking and spreading.
Its surface, once sealed, is...
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Jjfti- Lifeboats OCEAN CRUISE COLLECTION 2004-05 NEW FOR 2005 SPECIAL MIDSUMMER CRUISE NORTH CAPE & THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN CRUISE 13 Days from £749 Departing 14th June 2005 - Book early for first choice of cabin grade! Few...
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The following article by Alex Dickson appeared in the Scottish Daily Mail in December. It is reproduced here by courtesy of the Scottish Daily Mail.
Beside every life-boat there hangs an extra set of bright yellow oilskins....
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When you join their Official Membership Motoring Scheme the RNLI will receive 2.5% of your premium .'•• We've been voted road rescue 'Best Buy' for the 4th time in a row by the UK's leading consumer testing magazine,...
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THE Board of Trade have recently placed in the hands of the public their annual Blue Book dealing with the shipping casualties which occur on or near the coasts of the United Kingdom ; the present number furnishing the relative statistics...
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19 O*J FIT FOR A 'QUEEN'S' LIFEBOA Tand the R.N.L.I.
R.N.LI. 41ft. Walson lype lifeboat with two Parsons 'Porb&agles' installed.
The PARSONS 'PORBEAGLE' is a 4-cytinder...
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Torbay, Devon - At 12.20 a.m. on I4th May, 1967, it was reported that a car had been seen to run over the headland close to the look-out. The life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent slipped her moorings, with the small boarding boat in tow, at...