The Secretary of the R.N.L.I., Captain Nigel Dixon, R.N. (sixth from the left), pictured during a visit in November, 1969, to Bangor, Co. Down, to inspect the IRB station. With hi mare local officials and (extreme left) the District... - View image in PDF
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Four life-boats searched for survivors in the North Sea when the oil drilling rig Sea Gem collapsed on Boxing Day with the loss of eight lives. Here one of the lifeboats is standing by at the buoyed wreck. - View image in PDF
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Birds Eye Foods Ltd. gave the R.N.L.I, this 37-foot Oakley which bears the company's name—Birds Eye.. - View image in PDF
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The trio: the Rev. T. S. Treanor, chaplain and steersman, Coxswain G. Norris and Bowman S. Wilds.. - View image in PDF
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Below: By the time an engine has been waterproofed, it will have cost the RNLI twice its original price. Photo Bob Kennovin.. - View image in PDF
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Ll'.-Commander Harold Harvey, divisional inspector: 'the responsibility of an admiral and the authority of a midshipman'.. - View image in PDF
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Once the lifeboat is high and dry, quarter stoppers support her entire 32 tons as the bridle is dismantled . . .. - View image in PDF
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Mrs Dorothy Parsons' father, John Southerden (left) stands guard over the Rye lifeboat after the disaster - see letter above.. - View image in PDF
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On the very hot, sunny day of June 6, Mrs Irene Carrington, wife of the president of the St Ives, Huntingdonshire, Rotary Club, named the new D class ILB for Wells station Spirit of Rotary, pouring champagne over her bows. The St Ives branch... - View image in PDF
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The Spanish Motor Life-Boat "Sir William Hillary". - View image in PDF
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