The Mersey class Lilly and Vincent Anthony is officially named at Pwllheli, which celebrates its centenary year. - View image in PDF
(Photo Jeff Morris). - View image in PDF
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Philip Denham, helmsman of one of Blackpool's two D class lifeboats, joined the crew in 1977.
He was awarded a bronze medal in 1988 for gallantry in recognition of the courage, skill and determination he displayed... - View image in PDF
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ASHORE ON ROCKS At 10.12 a.m. on iTth June, 1965, the skipper of the motor fishing vessel Kindred Star told the coxswain of the life-boat that the motor fishing vessel Bonnie Lass was ashore on the Sheugh Rocks about half a mile north of the...
Marathon cycle ride: Michael Redwood and Robert Williams, both aged 12, pedalled a magnificent 62 sponsored miles round the island of Guernsey to raise £60 for RNLI funds. In the picture the bovs are shown with lifeboat coxswain Peter... - View image in PDF
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Mersey class lifeboat Margaret Jean enters the water for the first time after her official naming ceremony. - View image in PDF
Photo Gilbert Hampton Photography. - View image in PDF
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Scarborough's Mersey class lifeboat Fanny Victoria coaster Vineta. - View image in PDF
Wilkinson and Frank Stubbs stands by the 1,700-ton Photo Scarborough Evening News. - View image in PDF
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Saviours at the sand When faced with 3m swells, notorious sandbanks and a drifting, rolling fishing vessel, it cannot be easy to stay calm. But the composure and courage of a helmsman and her crew in just such conditions saved two lives -...
One crew member from Newquay's D class can be seen at the edge of the breakers with one of the casualties, while another is pan-way up the cliff helping a second casualty.
The combined efforts of the lifeboat,... - View image in PDF
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Main: Supporter Miss Olive Whitehead bequeathed the whole of her residuary estate to the lifeboat service with the request that it be used to fund a lifeboat named in memory of her parents.
The legacy amounted to around... - View image in PDF
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