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An Aeroplane (70)
MAY 7TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
At about 5 A.M. the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station informed the coxswain that the pilot cutter, at anchor off the lifeboat house, had reported an aeroplane down about one and a half miles...
An Aeroplane (38)
NOVEMBER 18TH.. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 11.27 at night the coastguard reported that a fire had been seen nine to ten miles north-west of Kinnaird Head. A light wind was blowing, with a moderate sea, and the night was dark. The motor...
Call to Action
Lifeboat crew members are renowned for mostly being volunteers and they are called to action from their ‘day job’ by pager alert (see page 14). In contrast, most RNLI lifeguards are paid (usually through local authority funding) as, when...
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News from the Branches. 1st January to 31st March
Greater London.
CITY.—Annual meeting at the Mansion House, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. Amount collected in 1932 £6,241, as compared with £7,647 in 1931.
CLAPHAM.—Whist drive....
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An Aeroplane (77)
OCTOBER 8TH. - SENNEN COVE, AND ST. IVES, CORNWALL. At 2.23 P .M.
information was received at Sennen Cove from the coastguard that an aeroplane was down in the sea two hundred yards off Pendeen Lighthouse, and that two men...
An Aeroplane (76)
OCTOBER 8TH. - SENNEN COVE, AND ST. IVES, CORNWALL. At 2.23 P .M.
information was received at Sennen Cove from the coastguard that an aeroplane was down in the sea two hundred yards off Pendeen Lighthouse, and that two men...
Second Coxswain Victor Pitman of Weymouth (Centre) With the Crew Who Sailed With Him on Thursday October 14 1976: (1 to R) Emergency Mechanic Eric Pavey Crew
Second Coxswain Victor Pitman of Weymouth (centre), with the crew who sailed with him on Thursday, October 14, 1976: (1. to r.) Emergency Mechanic Eric Pavey, Crew Members Bertie Legge and Bernard Wills, Motor Mechanic Derek Sargent, and... - View image in PDF
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An Aeroplane (1)
JANUARY 6TH - 7TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE. During the evening information was received from the coastguard that a British aeroplane had come down in the sea about six miles south-west of Llanbedrog. A light...
R.N.L.I. Delegation's Visit to the United States
THE Institution's decision to acquire a 44-foot life-boat of the kind now operated by the United States Coast Guard was a direct consequence of the international life-boat conference held in Edinburgh in June, 1963. At the conference the...
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RNLI News
Knighthood for RNLI Chairman The RNLFs chairman became Sir Michael Vernon when he was made a Knight Bachelor in the Queen's New Year Honours list in recognition of his services to the Institution.
Sir Michael joined the...
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