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Naming of the St. Helier, Jersey, Life-Boat
THE Institution has replaced the pulling and sailing life-boat at St. Helier, Jersey, this year with a motor life-boat of the light Liverpool type, described on page 392. The new boat has been built out of a gift of £3,250 from...
Category: Inaugurations
Lifeboat Stations of the Isle of Man By Joan Davies
VERY CLOSE TO THE SEA are people of the Isle of Man. Set in the Irish Sea almost equidistant between England and Ireland, with Scotland to the north and Wales to the south, not only is the island itself dependent on sea trade but is lies...
Category: Articles
Two Fishing Smacks the Polly and Oiling On
On the 7th May two fishing-smacks, the Polly and Oiling On, of Pargate, were seen aground on the West Hoyle Bank ina perilous position, a strong breeze blowing from the W.N.W. The Life-boat H. G. Powell, stationed at Point of Ayr, put off at...
The Position of the Life-Boat House and Slip at St. Abbs Is Such That the Life-Boat Has to Be Launched With More Than the Usual Amount of Care
The position of the life-boat house and slip at St. Abbs is such that the life-boat has to be launched with more than the usual amount of care. This is because fishing boats, driving in in a storm, might be damaged on the slip if it pointed... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Dedication of Horace Clarkson By His Grace the Archbishop of Wales the Most Reverend Gwilym Owen Williams With Him Were Coxswain William Roberts (R)
The dedication of Horace Clarkson by His Grace The Archbishop of Wales, The Most Reverend Gwilym Owen Williams. With him were Coxswain William Roberts (r.) and Motor Mechanic Evan Jones.
photographs by courtesy of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Jersey: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Names Thomas James King (Below) and (Above) Meets the 89-Year-Old Gold Medallist After Whom the New St.He Her Boat Tak
Jersey: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother names Thomas James King (below) and (above) meets the 89-year-old gold medallist after whom the new St He Her boat takes her name.
Photographs by courtesy of (above) Jersey Evening... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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 a Launching Tract
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
Category: Photographs
The Afternoon Ended With Tea In the Foyer: the Duke of Kent President With Commander Ralph Swann Chairman Talks With Bronze Medallists Trevor Fryer and Frederick
The afternoon ended with tea in the foyer: The Duke of Kent, President, with Commander Ralph Swann, Chairman, talks with bronze medallists Trevor Fryer and Frederick Arkley ofTynemouth.
Photograph by courtesy of Peter... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
How to Help the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
1. By becoming an Annual Subscriber, even if the amount subscribed be small; or by giving a donation.
2. By taking charge of a collecting box, or card, and endeavouring to fill it.
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Category: Advertisement
The Motor Fishing Boats Endeavour, Pilot Me and Success
Whitby, Yorkshire.—The motor fishing boats Endeavour, Pilot Me and Success left harbour for the fishing grounds at about 4 A.M. on the 12th February, 1938. A few hours later the wind got up rapidly, and by 10 A.M.
a gale...