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As An Experiment Redditch Ladies' Guild Officers and Committee Recently Took Part In a Knit-In Having Successfully Raised £110 They Plan to Include All Guild Members Next T
As an experiment, Redditch ladies' guild officers and committee recently took part in a knit-in. Having successfully raised £110, they plan to include all guild members next time.
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An Eye for Detail In Lifeboat Design
LOOKING AT a lifeboat when housed, perhaps the first design detail to catch the eye is the propeller and its tunnel.
Each of the twin propellers is housed in a tunnel built into the stern, the principal aims being shallow...
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(Below) the 51Ft Barnett (Stromness) Lifeboat JJKSW on Service to Carmania Ii Ashore on Kirk Rocks In Hoy Sound
(Below) The 51ft Barnett (Stromness) lifeboat J.J.K.S.W. on service to Carmania II, ashore on Kirk Rocks in Hoy Sound.. - View image in PDF
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Life-Saving By the Coastguard In 1935
DURING 1935 the coastguard took action in the case of 733 vessels off the coasts of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The rocket life-saving appar- atus companies were assembled 68 times for service and 87 people were brought to safety by...
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Rescue In a Hurricane. A Silver-Medal Service at Tenby
ABOUT 4.30 in the morning of 15th January, 1938, the coastguard at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, reported that a small steamer was in distress. She was the Fermanagh, of Belfast, bound light for Llanelly. A gale was blowing from the south-west, with...
Category: Services
Life-Saving By the Coastguard In 1938
IN 1938 the coastguard organization took action in 944 cases in which vessels or aircraft were either observed or reported to be in distress or to be overdue round the coasts of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This is three times as many...
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Ramsgate: After Naming Ralph and Joy Swann Hrh the Duchess of Kent and Commander Swann (l) Embarked for a Run Out to Sea In the 44' Wa\Eney Class Lifeboat Ph
Ramsgate: After naming Ralph and Joy Swann, HRH The Duchess of Kent and Commander Swann (/.) embarked for a run out to sea in the 44' Wa eney class lifeboat.
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Shore-Boat Services Rewarded By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution In 1899
Jan. 4.—Five men put off in a boat at night and rescued the crew of seven men from the fishing - boat Mary Anderson, of Broughty Ferry, which had stranded off Arbroath, For- farshire, in a strong S.W. gale and a rough sea.
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Three Men In a Tub
The RNLI and the Wishing Well Appeal for Great Ormond Street Hospital both benefitted from the efforts of the Channel Challenge team, members of which sailed 80 miles from Guernsey to Devon in a converted bathtub.
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A Long Hard Pull: Tug-Of-War Between Redcar (Seen Below) Teesmouth and Runswick Bay Lifeboat Crews Resulted In a Win for Runswick Bay and Helped Raise £637 on Re
A long, hard pull: Tug-of-war between Redcar (seen below), Teesmouth and Runswick Bay lifeboat crews resulted in a win for Runswick Bay and helped raise £637 on Redcar''s lifeboat day.
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Category: Photographs