Blustery showers and dark skies could not spoil the enjoyment of all present at Portsmouth lifeboat station on 26 April 1997 when their new Atlantic 75 lifeboat was named CSMA-Fhzzell, by Mr Colin Frizzell, past chairman of the Frizzell... - View image in PDF
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'THE PLEASURE of your company' is a phrase so often used that we rarely listen to the words themselves; but when members of the royal family honour the lifeboat service with their company everyone knows the days will not only be...
Category: Inaugurations
Is No. 43 of this Journal we described and illustrated the portable " Roller Skids " on which life-boats are hauled out of the wafer prior to placing them on their carriages, and in the 59th number an improved self-lubri- cating...
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The Royal Silver Jubilee 1910-1935 lifeboat from Wells alongside the sinking Lancaster bomber on July 14, 1942, when the late Coxswain Theodor T. L. Neilson searched the wreck.
The painting was executed by L. F. Gilding...
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Last Summer, we appealed to RNLI supporters to make a donation to help support our volunteer crews.
A big thank you to everyone who contributed to our Summer appeal, which raised a total of £1,209,077. Your support is...
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(Below) Waveney lifeboat 44-001 entering harbour with one survivor from Orlando on board, photographs by courtesy of G. Jones. - View image in PDF
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Cardigan lifeboat station and crew (l-r): Len Walters, Dan Rogers, Lynne Fischer and Dyfrig Brown. - View image in PDF
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Shoppers 30 miles inland got a surprise in June when they were greeted by a Brede class lifeboat 'manned' by local volunteers in Brentwood High Street.. - View image in PDF
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Above: Gravesend lifeboat crew went to the help of this motorboat when her inexperienced skipper ran her aground at the foot of a lighthouse Photo: Port of London Authority. - View image in PDF
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THE Inaugural Ceremony of the new Weymouth Motor Life-boat took place on 16th July on the Nothe Parade, in the presence of many hundreds of people. The Motor Life-boat from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, was also present.
This is...
Category: Inaugurations