The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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AT the personal request of the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Sutherland has accepted the Presidency of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, in succession to the Marchioness of Carisbrooke, and she inaugurated her Presidency by issuing an...
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Of the 11 new life-boats ordered in 1971 four were of the 44-foot steel Waveney class, three of the 37-foot Mark i Rother (above), two of the 50-foot steel Thames (below), one of the 52-foot Mark II Arun and one of the 71-foot steel Clyde... - View image in PDF
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Lord Saltoun, a Vice-President of the RNLI, Congratulates Mr. W. A. P. Cormack, Honorary Secretary of the Peterhead Life-Boat, on the Occasion of the Centenary Celebrations on 26th June. - View image in PDF
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Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 1.6 early on the morning of the 26th of November, 1954, the coastguard reported that the S.S. Granfoss, of Oslo, needed help thirty-five miles south-by-east of Sun- burgh Head, about fifty-three miles from Lerwick. At...
The boats of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION and all belonging to them are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains and under the general superintendence of local honorary committees...
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Simon Boutwood, aged 2±, is watched by Harrow Sea Cadets Stuart Payne and Terry Dormer as he clings to the model lighthouse advertising the R.N.L.I.
morning market at Stanmore.
The child's... - View image in PDF
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Oil the 125th Anniversary of the most legendary clipper ship of all time...
The National Maritime Historical Society Sponsors THE CUTTY SARK ANNIVERSARY MARITIME HOURGLASS She earned Listing fame .is the greyhound of the...
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Eastbourne, Sussex.—The motor lifeboat Jane Holland was launched at 1.20 P.M. on the 1st December, 1938, as the coastguard had reported that the Royal Sovereign Light-vessel was flying the International Code Signal "U.S."—"May...