During an exercise in January, 1970, the Bridlington, Yorkshire, life-boat, because of ice and snow, had to be manhandled down the slope to the beach.. - View image in PDF
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The sea conditions during the service can be judged from this photo - that is a 500ft. 9.000 ton vessel almost obscured by the breaker…. - View image in PDF
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Last spring it was announced that the Variety Club of Great Britain had agreed to meet the costs of the payments made by the RNLI to dependent children of lifeboatmen who had lost their lives on service or exercise, and also that the Club... - View image in PDF
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The demise of a £136 pile of pennies at the Scarsdale Arms, Edwardes Square, Kensington. The building of the column of coins is supervised by landlord Peter Dunks and his wife Audrey and in this picture Kensington branch treasurer... - View image in PDF
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APRIL 9TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. The Norwegian oil-tanker Beuston and the British steamer Dudley Rose sailing in convoy had been attacked by German aeroplanes, and the tanker had been set on fire. The sea was a mass of flame for 150-500 yards...
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 5.21 on the afternoon of the 21st of January, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a collision had taken place near the Canada dock between the coaster Lurcher and the Greek motor vessel...
A HAVEN OR REFUGE on a dangerous coast along which small sailing ships in their hundreds once traded between London and the north; a commercial port for small merchant ships; a harbour for boats fishing the unpredictable North Sea; now a...
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THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOHN S. PAKINGTON, Bart., G.C.B., M.P., in the Chair.
1.—Moved by the Chairman :— 1.—That the following noblemen and gentlemen be the Officers of the Institution for the current year:—(vide last page for...
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EASTERLY GALE Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 9.50 a.m.
on ist March, 1965, the harbour master informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessels Betty, Liberty and Dainty Lady were at sea and that since they had...
(above) Richard Perks, inspector of lifeboats for the East Division was in command for the passage to Aldeburgh from the training centre at Poole.. - View image in PDF
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