Right: Mrs Aisher (chairman of the Central London committee), the Countess of Normanton (1991 ball chairman) and Mrs Christie (ball vice chairman).. - View image in PDF
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OCTOBER 11TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS.
At 9.15 in the evening the naval authorities asked, through the coastguard, that the life-boat should go to a vessel showing signals of distress west of Papa Stour. A strong W.S.W. breeze...
The steamer Lincoln, of Grimsby, belong- ing to the Great Central Railway Com- pany, stranded on the Hasboro' Sands on the 21st January. She was bound at the time from Antwerp to Grimsby with a general cargo and was carrying eighteen...
WITH the hearty co-operation of His Grace the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, who is the Mayor of Eastbourne and the Free- holder, and the Corporation of Eastbourne, the lessees, an admirable Bite for a new Life-boat house has recently been pro- vided...
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ABERDEENSfflRE.
Aberdeen.
Aberdeen held a Centenary Meeting on 23rd January, at which Lord Provost Meff presided, and the Marquess of Aber- deen and Temair, K.T., a Vice-President of the Institution,...
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The weather forecast promised heavy rain and strong winds - and how accurate it was! The guests assembled at the naming ceremony of the Trent class lifeboat Esme Anderson at Ramsgate on 25 October 1994 braced themselves for all that the...
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5 August: Lifeguards on Castlerock Beach, Co Antrim, rescued a man and woman from the water after their boat sank. The boaters had sent out a mayday call and the lifeguards, closest to the scene, were quick to...
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List of New Branches.
THE following new Branches have been formed since the list published in The Lifeboat for February, 1927 :— Branch.
Abergavenny . . . . .
Abertillery . . . ....
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Sir Alec Rose, the round-the-world sailor and navigator, made the award presentations at the annual meeting of the R.N.L.I, in London on 8th April 1970.
(1) Coxswain William Sheader (Scarborough) the silver medal, (2)... - View image in PDF
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Raymond Baxter, who opened ' The Modern Lifeboat' exhibition, studying crew position and VHP radio of the Atlantic 21 with Miss Margaret Weston, Director of the Science Museum.. - View image in PDF
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