The Duke of Atholl, former convener of the Scottish Lifeboat Council, with Mrs E. P.
Hill, former secretary of Gourock ladies' guild. Mrs Hill, awarded a gold badge, had been unable to attend the AGM in London in May to... - View image in PDF
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INDEX TO THE LIFE-BOAT STATIONS OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. (Thefigures refer to the numbers of the life-boats detailed on pages 42-53.) Aberdovey, Merioneth, 167. Drogheda, Ireland, 265. Littlehaven,...
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Peace after the storm: William Henry and Mary King returning to Bridlington Harbour with the survivors of White Knight, photographs by courtesy of Arthur W. Dick. - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 7TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
At 9.30 in the evening of the 6th of January the honorary secretary of the life-boat station was asked by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board for the services of the life-boat to...
— About 7 P.M. on the evening of the llth January a signal of distress was seen from a vessel at anchor in Caldy Road.
There was a moderate to strong south westerly gale at the time accompanied by a heavy ground sea and the...
Above: The preparation and the views from above Photos: Laura wiltshire. - View image in PDF
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NORTH DEAL, KINGSDOWNE, BROADSTAIRS and RAMSGATE.—On the 8th April the s.s. Langdon, of London, bound fromBlyth for Dartmouth, with a cargo of coal, stranded on the North Goodwin Sands, in a dangerous position, during a dense fog, at about 4...
John Hartland, a helmsman of the D class inshore lifeboat at Withernsea, joined the lifeboat crew in 1987.
In 1991 he was awarded a Bronze medal in recognition of his high standard of seamanship and great courage, when on... - View image in PDF
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At 7 A.M.
on the 3rd December, intelligence was treceived that a large vessel was ashore in Druridge Bay. The crew of the Algernon and Eleanor Life-boat were at once called together, horses were sent for, and the Life-boat...
LAST December Coxswain Frederick Upton of Walmer gave a talk to the Thames Motor Yacht Club, and at the end of the month a party of over twenty members, with their ladies, visited Deal. They entertained the Mayor and Mayoress and the...
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