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H.R.H. The Duke of Kent at Weston-super-Mare
Inaugural Ceremony of the new Motor Life-boat.
H.R.H. THE DUKE of KENT, KG., on 27th June named the motor life-boat at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. This is the ninth motor life-boat which he has named. The other eight have...
Category: Inaugurations
Books
• A leading maritime historian, Dr John de Courcy Ireland has lectured on maritime history in more than 20 countries in four continents; he is research officer of both the Irish Commission on Maritime History, which he established, and the...
Category: Articles
The Institution's Income at a Glance
The Institution's Income at a Glance.
How each £100 of the Institution's Income was obtained in 1932.
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Category: Accounts
(Left) a Dramatic View of Kaskelot As She Rolls Heavily In the Severe Conditions at 0700
(Left) A dramatic view of Kaskelot as she rolls heavily in the severe conditions at 0700. The lights of the tug Avon Goch are visible to her right. - View image in PDF
(Photo 2nd Mechanic John Payne, Moelfre lifeboat). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services
South West Division French yachtsmen saved SECOND COXSWAIN Peter Bisson was in command when St Peter Port's 52ft Arun class lifeboat, Sir William Arnold, slipped her moorings at 0950 on the morning of Sunday August 11, 1985. A report had...
Category: Services
How to Save a Helicopter the Lyme Regis Way
AFTER a fortnight of incessant rain, the weather changed for the better, and on 17th July, 1972, everything seemed set fair for a successful lifeboat week. The piece de resistance was to be a display by a Royal Navy helicopter from...
Category: Articles
The Danish Steamer Marianne Toft, of Copenhagen (1)
SEPTEMBER 12TH. - PORT ERIN, AND PEEL, ISLE OF MAN. The Danish steamer Marianne Toft of Copenhagen, had sunk after collision with another vessel. Twelve of her crew landed in a ship’s boat, but ten others in another boat could not be found.-...
(Below) Seas Break Heavily Over the Stranded Vessel
(below) seas break heavily over the stranded vessel. Conditions had moderated by the time these photographs were taken in the early aftemoon.of 13 January. (Photos courtesy Jerry Kennelly). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bobby Lee Bem Coxswain of the Douglas Lifeboat from 1950 to 1970 on One of His First Services As Coxswain In April 1950 Bobby Lee Rescued Ten Men from Mary H
Bobby Lee, BEM, coxswain of the Douglas lifeboat from 1950 to 1970. On one of his first services as coxswain, in April 1950, Bobby Lee rescued ten men from Mary Heely.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs