Marooned on platform THAMES COASTGUARD contacted Aideburgh lifeboat station's honorary secretary on the afternoon of Wednesday October 24, 1984 and requested a launch to 12 maintenance menmarooned on an offshore platform which forms part...
Many of London’s City workers unwind after a hard day with a trip to the gym or a drink in a bar. But sometimes when he leaves his office in Fenchurch Street David Taylor walks to a floating pier on the River Thames, pulls on a drysuit, and...
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Thursday, 16th April, 1936.
SIR GODFREY BARING, BT., followed by the HON. GEORGE COLVILLE, in the chair.
Resolved that the respectful thanks of the Institution be conveyed to H.M. The King for his...
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The Prince of Wales's Introduction to General Seely's Life-boat Book.
H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, E.G., has written the following introduction to the book on the Life-boat Service by Major-General Seely :— "...
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SINCE 1924 Mr. Timothy Healy, the Governor-General of the Irish Free State, has been the Patron of the Irish Free State District of the Institution, and when he accepted the Patronship he issued an earnest appeal to the people of the Free...
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THE following is the Coxswain's report of the important services rendered on the night of 3rd Dec. last, by the Ramsgate life-boat, to the passengers of the emigrant ship Fusi- lier, of London; and to the crew of the ship Denierara, of...
As a result of negotiations which have been going on between the Board of Trade and the Institution since July, 1920, the Institution has now taken over full financial responsibility for the Ramsgate Station, and, as from 31st March last,...
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Sink or swim! The popular RNLI raft race, now an annual event on the Ouse in York, attracted a total of 80 craft of varying descriptions. The one-and-a-half mile course attracted thousands of spectators who lined the riverbank to watch the... - View image in PDF
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Every year the police officers who work the Gower hold a dinner dance and any profits from that function are donated to a worthy cause. This year it was agreed that the profits should go to the lifeboat station at Morton. The event was very... - View image in PDF
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lives depend on the RNL1. And the kind of dependability the RNLI needs to save them is Champion dependability.
So Champiow spark plugs are fitted exclusively to the "vinrude Ski-Twin 40 h.p. engines which power their...
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