ON th« invitation of the Mayor of Calais a party representing the Life-boat Stations on the Kentish coast crossed to Calais on Sunday, 14th August, in the Margate Motor Life-boat Lord Southborough, to be present at the unveiling, on the...
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The following coxswains and members of life-boat crews have been awarded certificates of service and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations have been awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance and a...
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RNLB SHORELINE, the 37ft 6in Rother class lifeboat funded by our Shoreline members which was stationed at Blyth from 1979 until last year, has now been transferred to Arbroath, on the east coast of Scotland; she was placed on service at...
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MILLION, CORNWALL.—The Institution has formed a life-boat establishment at Mullion Cove, several wrecks, with loss of life, haying recently occurred in the locality.
The boat is 33 feet long, and rows 10 oars double-banked...
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Barrow, Lancashire ; Maryport, Cumberland; Ramsey, and Douglas, Isle of Man, October 19th.—On the 18th October the s.s. Esbo, of Helsingfors, left Preston in ballast for Finland. Bad weather was encountered, and the Esbo got into...
About 8 P.M. on the 9th March the schooner Harriet, of Goole, was seen to strike on the Barber Sands, and the Lifeboat Godsend launched and went out to render assistance. There was a moderate breeze from the E., and the Life-boat was...
Fleetwood, Lancashire - At 1.20 p.m. on 4th September, 1966, news was received that a yacht was being driven ashore on Pilling sands. At 1.30 the lifeboat Ann Letitia Russell was launched in a southerly gale and a rough sea. It was one hour...
Whitby, Yorkshire - At n a.m. on 2ist November, 1966, the coxswain decided that conditions were such that the life-boat should be launched to stand by three motor fishing vessels returning from fishing in deteriorating weather. At 11.10 the...
(Continued from page 224) approved by the medical and survival committee, under the chairmanship of Surgeon Rear Admiral Ian Colley.
The search and rescue and executive committees of the RNLI each gave the suit their...
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Having a hall? Lord Provost Robert Cray of Glasgow teed off in fine style to celebrate the raising of £2,105 for the City of Glasgow's Lifeboat Appeal Fund at a golf tournament held by Whitbread Scotland. The dimpled downpour took... - View image in PDF
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