THE work of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION is indubitably not a, romance, but one of hard practical fact. The Institution has nought to do with " Dreamland," but its mission is, from our rugged and storm-beaten shores, to...
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Just eight days later Soldian was once again at sea on service to another factory ship in severe weather. At 2310 on Wednesday 17 November the Kaliningrad-registered factory trawler Borodinskoye Polye went ashore on the Unicorn reef in the...
International assistance from Westcountry lifeboat Penlee's relief Arun class A.J.R. and L.G. Uridge is pictured with two casualties, dealt with in a two-week period.
The lifeboat is pictured preparing to take an...
DONNA NOOK, LINCOLNSHIRE.—On the 10th March, 1867, the schooner Squire, of Yarmouth, was observed making for the shore in a disabled state, a heavy gale blowing from E.N.E. at the time. -The North Briton life-boat was soon launched, and...
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THE Life-boat Saturday workers through- out the country, and more especially those connected with the Ladies' Auxiliaries, have been greatly encouraged and stimulated in their self-denying efforts during the past summer by the gracious...
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Lady Fry Naming The "Manchester and Salford". - View image in PDF
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H.R.H. the Princess Elizabeth has sent the Institution £180. It is the balance of her wedding present from, Kimberley, in South Africa, and it came "with her good wishes and with those of the people of Kimberley.".
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Droughty Ferry, Angus.—Shortly before 9 A.M. on the 19th December, 1938, information was received from the pilot cutter and the coastguard that a vessel was in distress a quarter of a mile E.N.E. of the Abertay...
Coxswain Alan Thomas of the Tenby lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
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His Grace The Duke Of Atholl. - View image in PDF
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