First lifeboat wedding at Littlehampton station: June Combes, daughter of Crew Member Mick Combes, and Jim Osborn, the youngest member of the crew, were married at Clymping Church in October, with the lifeboat crew forming an arch of oars as... - View image in PDF
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(Left) Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse, a 52ft Barnett lifeboat stationed at Plymouth from 1952 to 1974. For her service to Merc Enterprise an January 16, 1974, Coxswain John Dare was awarded the bronze medal for gallantry.. - View image in PDF
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Over £241 was collected in a bottle at the Jersey Tavern in Weymouth. Commander Barney Morris, honorary secretary of Weymouth station, with Mr and Mrs John Woodrow, smashed open the bottle just before... - View image in PDF
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In the February blizzards when East Anglia roads were blocked by huge snowdrifts, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston's 44ft Waveney lifeboat Khami launched to take three patients, one a girl of 14, up the River Yare to Norwich for urgent... - View image in PDF
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Moving model of a French lifeboat station made by Alain and Philippe Nacass. The plastic lifeboat on the slipway is a British 37' Oakley.. - View image in PDF
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(Right) Rebecca Marsh, daughter of Victor Marsh, presents to the Duke a silver model of boat and boathou.ie mounted on a Purbeck marble base.. - View image in PDF
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The drum has been spun and Anita Harris draws a winning ticket watched b (I to r) Barry Bright, deputy appeals secretary, Joyce Pearce of the appeals department, who keeps the record, and Anthon Oliver. appeals secretarv. The RNLI is a... - View image in PDF
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The high superstructure of an Arun class lifeboat may make her look 'top heavy' to some eyes, but is the key to her ultimate stability and safety.. - View image in PDF
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New Brighton's Atlantic class moves in and begins to recover the casualty from the water while County Rescue waits a few lengths downwind.. - View image in PDF
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FOE THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Otmerse— Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, "L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded in 1824....
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