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Your Letters
Whilst reading the winter 1999/00 issue of the lifeboat, I came across the piece about the refurbished lifeboat Queen Victoria which was said to be thought as the oldest RNLI lifeboat in existence.
It is not the oldest boat...
Category: Correspondence
A Pram Dinghy and Coral Star
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 11.9 on the night of 21st April, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that two men had been reported to have left Cowes pontoon in an 8-ft. pram dinghy for their ship in Cowes Roads, and there...
Lifeboat People
Among the awards announced in the Birthday Honours list were: Knighthood David English, Editor in Chief, Associated Newspapers, Editor Daily Mail. Sir David was a member of the Institution's Public Relations Committee from 1977 to...
Category: Articles
Your Letters
A special thank you They say that just before you die, your whole life passes before you. At the age of eight you haven't had much of a life so when you come close to 'it', you really can recall everything.
My...
Category: Correspondence
RNLI's Royal Visitor at the Southampton Show
HRH Prince Edward visited the prototype Severn class shortly after opening the Southampton Boat Show in September 1993.
The Prince spent a considerable time aboard the lifeboat and took a great interest in the boat and her... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Teds' Treat! the Teddy Bears' Picnic held at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
Teds' Treat! The Teddy Bears' Picnic held at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea lifeboat station was a roaring success for bears and bear owners. Teddy biscuits with teddy juice were sold for 30p and competitions were held for the largest teddy,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
NORTH DEAL.—A new life-boat station has been established by the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, at the north end of the town of Deal on the Kentish coast, as it was thought that a life-boat placed there might be useful on occasions of wrecks...
Category: Articles
Thoughtful, of Sunderland
On the 11th January, the brig Thoughtful, of Sun- derland, bound from that port to London with coals, dragged her anchors, and came on shore during a gale of wind from the E.N.E. and heavy sea. The Yarmouth surf life-boat was quickly...