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‘HE SAVED HER FROM DISGRACE’
Janet Gleeson’s well researched biography of our founder, Sir William Hillary, The Lifeboat Baronet revealed vital new information that removes a slur on the great...
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The Sailing Boat Seagull
Lowestoft, and Kessingland, Suffolk.— On the afternoon of 16th September, 1938, the coastguard reported that he had seen the sailing boat Sea-gull, of Lowestoft, capsize about three miles south of the harbour entrance. A fresh south breeze...
Salute from Search and Rescue Colleagues: a Wessex Helicopter from Portland Naval Base
Salute from search and rescue colleagues: a Wessex helicopter from Portland naval base flies overhead, streaming an RNLI flag, as, after her naming, RNLB Ralph and Bonella Farrant gives a demonstration run in Holes Bay.. - View image in PDF
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The Sailing Ketch West Winds
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. — At twelve noon on the 23rd of August, 1952, the coastguard reported that the auxiliary sailing ketch West Winds, which had left Tenby bound for Gloucester, had not moved her position for several hours, and that her...
Hope in the Great War
'SIR, As I was an eyewitness of them, I think it may be of interest to you to have a narrative of the events which led up to – what I have no hesitation in calling – one of the most gallant rescues in the annals of the...
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Diagrams to Illustrate the Use of the Lights Carried By Vessels at Sea
And the manner in which they indicate to the vessel which sees them the position and 1 description of the vessel that carries them.
When both Red and Green Lights are seen: A. sees a red and green light ahead ;—A, knows...
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The Last Meeting Between the Duke of Kent President of the Rnli from 1936 and the Lifeboat Service Was at Plymouth Guildhall on July 11 1942 Just Seven Weeks Bef
The last meeting between the Duke of Kent, President of the KNLIfrom 1936, and the lifeboat service was at Plymouth Guildhall on July 11, 1942, just seven weeks before his death in an air accident.. - View image in PDF
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Page & Moy
Your itinerary Day 1 Harwich Take advantage of our special offer coach travel to ihe porl for just £ 10 per person. The ship sails at 6'pm.
Day 2 Cruising Day 3 Kirkwall, Orkneys £ Visit historic Scapa Flow or...
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Books
• Wooden Boats and Men of Steel tells the story of Withernsea lifeboats from 1862 to 1913 when the station was closed and the lifeboat transferred to Easington. Paul Baker is very much involved with the present day Withernsea lifeboat...
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The Car Boot Sale Organised By Henley-On- Thames Branch Last Autumn In Full Swing:
The car boot sale organised by Henley-on- Thames branch last autumn in full swing: trade in garden tools, nearlv new clothes, toys, bric-a-brac and all manner of goods was brisk. An original, popular and profitable enterprise which resulted... - View image in PDF
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