Mr. J. J. Lines, of Newhaven, who died on 5th February, 1938, had retired from the honorary secretaryship of the Newhaven station in 1936. He had then been its honorary secretary for thirty-five years. Mr. Lines was awarded the...
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 51 Number 508 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD MNIRNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Headquarters: Royal National Lifeboat Institution, West Quay Road, Poole,...
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NORTH DEAL, KINGSDOWNE, BROADSTAIRS and RAMSGATE.—On the 8th April the s.s. Langdon, of London, bound fromBlyth for Dartmouth, with a cargo of coal, stranded on the North Goodwin Sands, in a dangerous position, during a dense fog, at about 4...
THE motor life-boat Herbert Joy, the gift of Mr. Alexander O. Joy, of London, which was at one time sta- tioned at Scarborough, and is now in the Institution's reserve fleet at Poplar, went up the Thames on 24th November to take part in...
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1st January to 31st March.
[Since September of last year the " News from the Branches " has been given in a more abbreviated form than before, but reference has been made to the work of many more Branches. To...
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• A new edition of First Aid for Lifeboat Crews has been compiled by the RNLI Medical and Survival Committee and will be issued this summer by authority of the Committee of Management to all lifeboat stations.
This book...
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Older lifeboats had an honoured place: The Elliott Gill (left), one of the Liverpool lifeboats, and Robert and Ellen Robson, the ex- Whitby pulling boat. - View image in PDF
A launching tractor nearby was a constant joy to children.. - View image in PDF
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New Quay, Cardiganshire.—On the morning of the 15th of September, 1956, a heavy storm came up from the south-east. The majority of the fish- ing boats which were at sea had re- turned to harbour, but it was reported that the fishing...