Right: The St Peter Port Severn class lifeboat Spirit of Guernsey on exercise with Portland helicopter. - View image in PDF
By Tony Rive, St Sampson's, Guernsey.. - View image in PDF
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CARDIGAN.—In the early morning of the 16th March, while a strong gale was blowing, signals of distress were seen from a ketch in Cardigan Bay.
The Life-boat Lizzie and Charles Leigh Clare was promptly launched and went to...
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XXVII.—DUNDALK.
Stoctport Sunday School, 32 feet long, 7 feet 6 inches beam, 10 oars.
THIS Life-boat Station is on a low flat shore, three miles south of Soldiers' Point, the southern side of the...
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WHEN, in March, 1920, I paid my first visit to the Isle of Man, I did so for a double reason. I wanted to see all the Isle of Man Stations and to have the advantage of meeting the Honorary Secretaries and Committees. But the main object in...
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Tug on rocks AN ENGINE breakdown just as she had cast off her tugs on her final trials resulted in the oil exploration vessel Oregis going aground at the entrance to the Tyne. It was 1530 on Sunday, March 10. Tynemouth honorary secretary was...
VHP transmitter/receivers are now very compact and can be fitted in boats as small as the RNLI's D class inflatables. This photograph of the first Atlantic 75 rigid inflatable clearly shows the aerial mounted on the mast aft - as high as... - View image in PDF
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ON Friday evening, the 29th of November, 1830, the St. George, a first-class steamer, commanded by Lieut. TUDOR, R.N., arrived at Douglas, Isle of Man, with the mail from Liverpool, and anchored in the bay. The night was stormy, with heavy...
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The Inaugural Ceremony The Bishop of Iceland Reciting The Prayer of Dedication. - View image in PDF
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HRH The Duke of Kent addresses the gathering before presenting the awards. - View image in PDF
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Older lifeboats had an honoured place: The Elliott Gill (left), one of the Liverpool lifeboats, and Robert and Ellen Robson, the ex- Whitby pulling boat. - View image in PDF
A launching tractor nearby was a constant joy to children.. - View image in PDF
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