ON 14th June, 1933, a life-boat society was established in Roumania. The King was its founder and is its president, and the governor of the National Bank of Roumania is ex officio the vice- president. The full title of the society is...
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St. Ives, Cornwall. At 3 p.m. on 34th June, 1965, a member of the inshore rescue boat crew waS informed that' an flntboard motor boat had .broken down <$E St. Ives Head and that another motor boat had gone to, her assistance. On...
TUB following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convoy an idea of the general character of one of the 293 Life-boat Stations...
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At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL, LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Princes' Hall, Piccadilly, on Saturday, 30th day of April, 1892, Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair, the following Report of the...
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Rita Livesey, of Danish shoe company Ecco, hands over a £5,000 cheque to the RNLI's James Vaughan at the 2001 Southampton boat show. The company kindly donated €5 for every pair of 'Ocean Shoe' sold. The innovative sailing... - View image in PDF
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PADSTOW, CORNWALL. — The coastguard at Trevose Head, on the night of the 22nd February, reported that a large steamer was in distress five miles to the north and that she was burning signals for assistance. The tug Helen Peele, with the Life...
HOUSE-BOAT ON THE GOODWINS Walmer, Kent.-—Early in the morning of the 9th"of November, 1947, the ex- Brixham trawler Toreador, towing from Brixham to Southend -another Brixham trawler, the Red Gauntlet, which had been converted into a...
Inset: The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight salutes the fleet with the evocative sight and sound of Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane.. - View image in PDF
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The Life-boat Grace Darling was launched on the 3rd February to assist the crew of the Berwick-on-Tweed Life- boat to make the Holy Island Harbour safely.
The Berwick Life-boat had put off in a strong northerly gale and...
Kieran had to work fast. In high winds, a trawler’s heaving line had got tangled around the lifeboat’s searchlight and radar. Someone had to climb up and cut it loose or the next big swell could bring the gear down …
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