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An Aeroplane (26)
JULY 3lST. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN.
After an aeroplane had come down two airmen were reported in the sea, but no trace of them was found. - Rewards, £11 6s..
No. 155
JUNE 6TH. - THE LIZARD, CORNWALL.
At 8.40 A.M. a request came from the naval officer at Penzance, through the coastguard, asking for the life-boat to go to the help of the naval motor launch No. 155, and the motor life-boat...
Sketch of the Progress Made In the Construction of Coast Life-Boats. 1785-1900. No. 7
AMONG the many busy years of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, 1887 and 1888 were the busiest so far as boat-building and altering existing Life-boats was concerned. In 1887, as will be seen on referring to page 244 of the August...
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Building the Fast Slipway Lifeboat—Part I: Preparations
PART I: PREPARATIONS CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN of tWO prototypes of the RNLI's new 47ft fast slipway lifeboat. The boats are to be built by Fairey Marine at Cowes, Isle of Wight, but the start of building only comes as the culmination of...
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He's No Mug
As his contribution to the Lowestoft lifeboat appeal, Howard Whyntie (left), secretary of the local Shoreline club, commissioned commemorative mugs in a limited edition. The mugs were made by Ernie Childs of Great Yarmouth Potteries and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
At the Sharp End
The Lifeboat C class inflatable Operational Number C518 The Crew Thanks on Vellum: Helmsman Jeremy Thomas Crew Member Leonard Walters Lifeguard Simon Jury Vellum Service Certificates Andrew Walters Michael FaulknerC classjj-Iu_cksjthreejto...
Category: Services
Lifeboats of the World: Part I—European Organisations By Eric Middleton
IT is FITTING that an article on the lifeboats of the world should begin by acknowledging the fact that Great Britain was the cradle of the lifeboat and that from the early efforts of the 'National Institution for the Preservation of...
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I. E. Chase
On 30th January at 9 A.M., in consequence of a signal from the Hock Lighthouse, at the entrance of the Mersey, that a ship was in distress at the back the banks on "Square 43," the Lifeboat Willie and Arthur proceeded down the...
A Steamer (26)
NOVEMBER 24TH. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD. A steamer was reported to have been attacked by enemy aeroplanes, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £40 5s..
1969: Disaster at Longhope
A close-knit Orkney island remembers the courage and sacrifice of its lifeboat crew who lost their lives 50 years ago
A south-easterly gale had been pounding Scotland’s coast for days, heavy seas forcing the closure of...
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