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Lifeboat station histories The Story of the Dover Lifeboats The Story of the Swanage Lifeboats The Story of the Scarborough Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author Jeff Morris, the Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts...
Category: Articles
Naming Ceremonies of Eight Motor Life-Boats
EIGHT motor life-boats have been named during 1938, two on the coast of Devon, at Salcombe and Appledore, two on the Irish coast, at Arklow and Dun Laoghaire, and the other four at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Whitby, Yorkshire, Peel, Isle of...
Category: Inaugurations
Mrs Ann Maxwell Chairman of Norton Rnli In the Branch's Rent-Free Shop
Mrs Ann Maxwell, chairman of Norton RNLI in the branch's rent-free shop. (Photo Yorkshire Regional Newspapers Ltd). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Prototypes of a New Fast Slipway Lifeboat
WITH THE TIME APPROACHING when the RNLI's 46ft 9in and 47ft Watson class housed lifeboats will reach the end of their station lives, preparations have been going ahead over the past few years for their replacement by a new fast slipway...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services
South Eastern Division Boarding boat rescue from saltings REQUESTING THE LAUNCHING of Calshot lifeboat at 2207 on Thursday, January 29, HM Coastguard told the honorary secretary that at 2054 a red flare had been reported in Ashlett Creek and...
Category: Services
How Children Regard the R.N.L.I.
IN the course of a year the R.N.L.I. receives hundreds of letters and drawings from children in praise of the life-boat service. Quite a few of the writers send donations to the Institution, and from time to time extracts from their letters...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 13th October, 1898.
Sir EDWARD BIBKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
The Most Lives Saved
Feature The most lives saved A hundred years ago, a liner full of passengers needed saving off the Cornish coast – one lifeboat just wasn’t going to be enough After months at sea, the White Star liner Suevic was within hours of completing...
Category: Articles
Aberdeen's 52Ft Arun Bp Forties on Exercise the Lifeboat Plays a Vital Role In the Pattern of Search and Rescue Operating In the Area Photograph Courtesy Jim Fer
Aberdeen's 52Ft Arun Bp Forties On Exercise The Lifeboat Plays A Vital Role In The Pattern of Search and Rescue Operating In The Area Photograph Courtesy Jim Fer. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
From Deck of 70-001 As Shortly After Dawn on February 6 She and St.Pierre Approached Race Off North of Lundy: Wind Force 10 to 11 Tide Setting About 4 Knots Again
From deck of 70-001 as, shortly after dawn on February 6, she and St. Pierre approached race off north of Lundy: wind, force 10 to 11, tide setting about 4 knots against wind. As 70-001 begins descent down front of wave, tow line, almost bar... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs