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Fairey Marinteknik (Uk) Ltd
RELIABILITY ON THE SEAS...
Fairey Marinteknik & R.N.L.I A SUCCESSFUL COMBINATION m The Cowes Shipyard has a long and proud history associated with the "Royal Lifeboat Institution": As early as 1929/30 the...
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Rescue In a Gale Near the Harbour Bar
ON the morning of the 15th of April, 1954, the weather at Whitby, which was already bad, became steadily worse. The local fishing fleet was at sea, and at 9.30 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched.
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
PADSTOW.—The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently sent a large Life- boat to Padstow, on the north coast of Cornwall, to take the place of a smaller one forwarded there some years since.
The new boat is 34 feet long...
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An Aeroplane (28)
JULY 21ST. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
During the evening of the 20th the life-boat crew were assembled as an aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the call was cancelled. Later flashes were reported and the...
Cdr Ralph Swann CBE
It is with deep regret that the Institution reports the death on 23 April 1992 of Cdr Ralph Swann CBE, a life vice president and former Chairman of the RNLI, at the age of 87.
Cdr Swann first joined the Institution's...
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The Life-Boat Service Abroad
United States.
Tins service is, as our readers are aware, a State service, and is the only one entirely managed, administered and sup- ported by the State, except the Danish Life-boat Service. In January, 191#f an...
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In September 1922 the Prince David Was Sent to Her Station at Barry Dock'
'In September, 1922 . . . the Prince David, was sent to her station at Barry Dock.'. - View image in PDF
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How the Cornish Lifeboat Appeal Was Launched
EARLY in 1972 the Committee of Management of the RNLI decided to try to raise an extra £50,000 net in Cornwall to complete the total bill for the new Sennen and Falmouth boats.
Commander L. F. L. Hill, RD, RNR, Staff...
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Mid Warwickshire Yacht Club
Surrounded by fellow members, Tom Pearson, Commodore o/Mid Warwickshire Yacht Club, hands a cheque to Colin Nibbs, chairman of Leamington Spa branch, on his left. Miss Julia Johnstone, branch honorary secretary, holds a specially inscribed... - View image in PDF
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