Only 43 of the 65 students that took part in the gruelling Lyke Wake Walk finished.
They came from South Shields Marine and Technical College and raised £555 for the RNLI. Here Heather Howard, the only girl Lyke Wake... - View image in PDF
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The demise of a £136 pile of pennies at the Scarsdale Arms, Edwardes Square, Kensington. The building of the column of coins is supervised by landlord Peter Dunks and his wife Audrey and in this picture Kensington branch treasurer... - View image in PDF
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THERE are still some copies left of Literature of the Life-boat by Sir John Gumming, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., a vicepresident of the Institution, published in 1936 and 1937 as supplements to this journal. A copy of the two supplements bound...
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During a thick fog on the morning of the 23rd November the s.s. Lancresse, of Guernsey, bound from London to Newlyn with a cargo of stone, and the Norwegian steamer Tres, of Tonsberg, Blyth for Caen, with a cargo of coal, came into collision...
St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At about 1.40 P.M. on the 15th January, 1938, coastguard reported that the s.s. Spero, of Newcastle, was drifting towards the shore five" miles north of St. David's Head. She was bound with a general...
All lifeboat stations are equipped with digital waterproof Pentax cameras to help the crew take real-time, high quality images of their lifesaving activities.
RNLI lifeguard units also have access to the cameras. The RNLI... - View image in PDF
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D class saves three from holed yacht Helmsman Gary Miller and crew members Russell Wignall and Martin Jaggs of Lytham St Annes D class inshore lifeboat have received framed letters of thanks from the RNLI's chairman after the rescue of...
The Crew On Board The Beth Sell. - View image in PDF
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MFV aground A RED FLARE fired over Barmouth Bar was seen by the honorary secretary of Barmouth lifeboat station at 2140 on Wednesday November 22, 1978. Just after he had alerted Coxswain Evan Jones, the honorary secretary heard by telephone...