At 9 a.m. on 29th June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two cobles were still about eight miles north-east of the Brig and in view of the deteriorating weather they might need help. At 11.20 the life-boat The Isa &...
Tying the knot
Congratulations to Bundoran Crew Members Laura McNulty and Richard Gillespie, who got married in July. Lifeboating must be in their blood, because both Laura and Richard have family on the crew. Laura’s dad,...
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Working for your sport Who negotiates in the EEC on behalf of 3.1 million UK yachtsmen, powerboaters and windsurfers, implements safety standards, runs the small ships register, trained over 85,000 people last year in navigation and boat...
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COMMANDER PHILIP EDWARD VAUX, D.S.C., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life- boats, retired from the service of the Institution on the 30th of June of this year. He had been chief inspector since the 1st of January, 1939.
Commander...
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A 20 mile sponsored walk in aid of the R.N.L.I. set many feet walking from Bognor Regis to Selsey. On the left Mr F. W. Shearing, chairman of Bognor Regis Urban Council, is shown with some of the walkers before they started their... - View image in PDF
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MOUSEHOLE VILLAGE and harbour just west of Penzance is famous for its display of Christmas lights—an enterprise supported by the whole village and particularly by the Penlee lifeboat crew. Last year Charles Greenhaugh, as chairman of the...
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CARDIGAN.—In the early morning of the 16th March, while a strong gale was blowing, signals of distress were seen from a ketch in Cardigan Bay.
The Life-boat Lizzie and Charles Leigh Clare was promptly launched and went to...
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COMMODORE THE DUKE OF MONTROSE, K.T., C.B., C.V.O., V.R.D., LL.D., R.N.V.R. - View image in PDF
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North Sunderland lifeboat crew look on while Jane Sutherland, grand-daughter of Lady Sutherland, president of the ladies' guild, presents a salmon to Bill Steel of Tyne Tees Television who opened the annual lifeboat fete at Seahouses.... - View image in PDF
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THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 154 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to May 31st, 1953 - 78,220 Disaster at Fraserburgh MONDAY the 9th of February, 1953, was a fine sunny day...
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