{Behind him are Lady Jellicoe and the District Inspector ol Life-boats.). - View image in PDF
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The newly formed Nutley branch was given a fine start when Mike and Linda Balster of the William IV pub presented a cheque for £427 to Mrs Vera Riley, chairman of the branch, watched by members of the committee and Michael Ashley... - View image in PDF
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Aerial view of a 52' Barnett ? No, a close-up detail of a working model made by R.
Sellwood of Reading and District branch. It took 3,000 hours to build and is used to raise funds, both at shows and in the Reading... - View image in PDF
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Lady Norton, a member of the Committee of Management, presented the RNLI 1977 public relations awards on the jetty of the central feature—Brighton Marina—on the first Sunday of the show. One was to members of that staunch band of lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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On the 13th February, the Life-boat John Ashlury put off to the assistance of the American ship Edward VBrien, of St. Thomas, U.S.A., which, while on a voyage from Mobile to Liver- pool, got on the Morpha Bychan Sand, Cardigan Bay, in a...
On the morning of the 2nd May a pilot reported to the coxswain that a vessel in the Gore Channel was flying a signal flag, and a life-boatman went to Westgate to find out the nature of the signal. He telephoned that it was a distress signal,...
On the light self-righting life-boat at Bridlington. The loud-hailer is in front of the mast.. - View image in PDF
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Douglas, Isle of Man.—At 1.80 A.M. on the 12th February, 1938, information was received at the life-boat station from the pier-master that a vessel was showing red lights off Douglas Head.
A strong westerly gale was blowing...
Walmer: (Below) Hampshire Rose with her crew and the lifeboat people of Kent and Hampshire, as well as neighbouring stations, who had gathered for her naming.
Music was by the Junior Band of the Royal Marines and fanfares... - View image in PDF
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Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 9.10 p.m.
on ist December, 1965, the coastguard notified the honorary secretary that the Fleetwood trawler Prince Philip, on her way back to harbour, was alongside a smaller trawler, the Gien Mie,...