The Annual Meeting of the Committee of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund was held on the 7th of January, and was presided over by Mr. W. H. HAINES of the House of Lords. The report, which was read by Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN the Honorary Secretary,...
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Miss Elizabeth Sinclair, the donor, at the microphone, with the Duke of Montrose, and the district inspector. - View image in PDF
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Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.—At 5.25 in the evening on the 2nd of Feb- ruary, 1950, the pier master reported that a landing craft of the Royal Navy had fired Verey lights in the direction of the Langford Grounds. At 5.55 the life-boat Fifi...
The Crew of the "Henrietta" With Coxswain W G Fleming (Left) and The Motor Mechanic of the Gorleston Motor Life-Boat (Right). - View image in PDF
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His Grace the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the RNLI, unveils a plaque to commemorate the official opening of the new Thirsk Fundraising Depot on 14 April 1989. (Photo Yorkshire Evening Press). - View image in PDF
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Shielding themselves from the cold and wet, determined and enthusiastic RNLI supporters assemble for the naming ceremony of the Lady of Hilbre by HRH The Duke of Kent. Photo Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
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Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott took to the water in the Dover lifeboat recently when he presented the RNLI with a Millennium Product plaque for the Severn class all-weather boat.. - View image in PDF
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The Rother James Cable, last of the class to be withdrawn from Aldeburgh in late 1993, shows the differences between this class and the earlier Oakleys.. - View image in PDF
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At 10.10 P.M.
on the llth January the Coastguard reported that two of the fishing-boats belonging to Arklow were off Courtown Harbour in need of assistance owin"' to the whole N.E. gale causing a very heavy sea,...
The 1986 North Sunderland harbour fete was officially opened by Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland, seen here accepting a bouquet from Karla-Elise Reay, grand-daughter of branch secretary Robert Reay. Torrential rain half an hour before... - View image in PDF
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