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Members of the St.Helier Lifeboat Crew Who Raised £3000 Towards the Cost of the New Lifeboat to Be Placed In Jersey Through a Sponsored Row to Guernsey Pictured H
Members of the St Helier lifeboat crew, who raised £.3,000 towards the cost of the new lifeboat to be placed in Jersey through a sponsored row to Guernsey. Pictured here (extreme left) is Mr A. Alexandra, manager of the St Helier branch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Life-Boats of the United Kingdom
LII. PLYMOUTH.—The Clemency, 34 feet by 7 feet 9 inches, 10 oars.
ALTHOUGH the history of Plymouth is intimately connected with the exploits of the renowned and adventurous sailors of the Elizabethan era, it does not seem...
Category: Articles
Obituaries
Deaths It is with regret that we report the following deaths Basil Hutchinson Former organising secretary midlands, who retired in 1982, on 16 January Gerry Prest Former Littlehampton branch chairman, in January Kenneth Atha Former Halifax...
Category: Obituaries
At His First Annual Meeting, 1921
On board a life-boat at Westminster with the Chief Inspector. In front are member» of the Fishguard cr«w to whom he presented medals.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Letters
Whitby pulling lifeboat The photograph of Whitby pulling lifeboat Robert and Ellen Robson published in the autumn issue of THE LIFEBOAT made me wonder whether she was the one that started my interest in the lifeboat service in 1919.
Category: Correspondence
A clearer picture
The RNLI’s Wreck Chart of the British Isles for 1854 (excerpt shown left) states: ‘Loss of life (as far as can be ascertained) 1,549.’ Two years earlier, the Lifeboat admitted that: ‘No complete record of shipwrecks is kept …’ but the quoted...
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The Walmer Life-Boat
HARK ! a distant gun is sounding .
O'er the waters, wildly bounding; Raging waves are fast surrounding Some wrecked ship to-night On the shore the breakers, roaring, Loud as thunder now are pouring; Far a signal high...
Category: Poetry
Rcc Press Ltd
RCC Press announce the publication of ROVING COMMISSIONS 14 This anthology of cruising logs by members of the Royal Cruising Club—published in a limited edition—is available to subscribers, post free, making use of the order form below Order...
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Raine II
SAILS LOST At 1.8 p.m. on 22nd May, 1966, a yacht, two and a half miles east of Ramsgate, had her sails carried away and was unable to make harbour. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis left her moorings at 1.15 in a gale force west south...