St. Ives, Cornwall.—The s.s. Alba was wrecked on the night of the 31st January, 1938, and although capsized, the life-boat rescued eighteen of the crew.—Rewards, silver medal, bronze medals, vellums, letters of thanks, and monetary awards...
The annual meeting was held in London on October 18th, and the seven life-boatmen who have won medals for gallantry since the end of the war were present. Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, presided and read a message from...
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Dover, Kent.—In the morning of the 21st of November, 1949, the S.S.
Intendant J. Patrizi, of Rouen, which had been ashore off Seabrook, was steaming towards Dover in a very rough sea with a whole southerly gale blowing and...
Margate, Kent.—At 7.27 on the even- ing of the 29th of August, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that three men in a boat were in difficulties off Foreness Point and were drifting out to sea. At 7.30 the life-boat North Foreland, Civil...
During the ceremony at Calshot photgraph by courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
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The Princess Royal at the helm of Lymington's Atlantic 21 class lifeboat with Storm Force's Leading Hand Peter Phillips in his custon-made bump cap seated behind her.. - View image in PDF
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Guests of honour: several lifeboatmen were among the guests at a special Variety Club of Great Britain lunch at London's Hilton Hotel in December, to honour HRH The Duke of Kent, the heroes of the lifeboat service and leading members of... - View image in PDF
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Nov. 4TH. - DOVER, KENT. A Greek steamer was reported to be in distress through enemy action and the life-boat put out with a naval officer on board. She was recalled, however, when she had entered the danger area. She had seen nothing of...
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain Lionel Scott of the Mumbles.
At the age of twenty-nine Coxswain Scott is one of the youngest cox- swains in the Service. He was appoin- ted in 1955 and first joined the Mumbles...
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Dover and Walmer, Kent. At 2.24 on the morning of the 16th of October, 1957, the Deal coastguard reported that the S.S. Flandres, of Antwerp, had been in collision with the Liberian steamer Trader four miles south-east of the Goodwin Sands,...