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An Aeroplane (3)
JANUARY 2 2ND. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. An aeroplane had crashed n the sea, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £32 7s. 6d..
C.E. 44
FISHING BOAT TOWED IN Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 5.30 in the evening of the 16th of June, 1947, the coastguard reported that the local fishing boat C.E. 44 was overdue. A later message said that she had last been seen one mile off the Royal...
Voyage of the Motor Life-Boat "Joseph Adlam" from Cowes to Blyth
By Commander E. S. CARVER, R.D., R.N.R., Inspector of Life-boats for the Eastern District.
WE left Cowes just before 7 A.M. of the 4th October. I had with me the Blyth Coxswain and three men, the Blyth Motor Mechanic, the...
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Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.'} FOUNDED IN 1824.—SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
PATRONESS.
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY...
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New Ways of Raising Money
'Just Men' was the title of a long poem written by Mr. Anthony S. Burry, of Wickmead Close, Southend, in honour of the Moelfre life-boat and sold in booklet form by the Moelfre branch on their flag day on 28th August, 1967. The poem,...
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An Aeroplane (1)
JANUARY 3RD. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
An aeroplane had come down in flames in the sea, but nothing could be found either by the life-boat or by aeroplanes. - Rewards, £7 12s.
Liberal of Wisebeach
On the 15th April, at daylight, a sloop was observed to be on shore on the south end of the Goodwin Sands. As soon as there was sufficient water on the sands for a boat to cross them, the Walmer life-boat was launched, and proceeded under...
The Record of 1940.
During 1940 the Institution's life-boats were launched r,o8t times. That is 396 more launches than ever before in one year.
They rescued 2.056 lives. That is 858 more lives rescued than ever before in one year.
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Some Ways of Raising Monev
'A Queen's Gala' at Pitcaple Castle, Inverurie, on Sunday June 10 raised £1,600 for the lifeboat service. During the afternoon six scenes from the life of Mary Queen of Scots were danced on the lawn by pupils of the Anne...
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An Aeroplane (97)
JUNE 23RD. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An R.A.F. aeroplane had come down in the sea and her pilot had baled out, but he was picked up by a boat which had put out from the shore. - Rewards, £11 10s..