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His Models Help the RNLI
£2,700 or more. Through HQ Scottish Command help was given under 'OPMAC (Operations with Military Assistance to the Civil Community). The location was reconnoitered by the 117 Field Support Squadron, R.E., and plans were drawn up...
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Tuesday, 2nd August 1860. Capt. Sir EDWARD PERROTT, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Bead and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of .the Finance, Correspondence, Wreck and Reward and Barometer Sub-...
Category: Committee
Feature: a Rookie's Life
Regular readers of theLifeboat will know that the RNLI takes training very seriously. But there are some things in life that no amount of training can prepare you for. We follow 26-year-old Alison Panes as she takes us through her first few...
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Christmas Cards and Calendars
The Institution will again have a Christmas card and a pocket calendar for sale. The card will be a reproduction in colour of the painting on this page.
The original painting was by David Cobb, R.O.I., S.M.A., and shows the...
Category: Advertisement
The S.S. Emma
At about 11.30 P.M. on the 9th Decem- ber distress signals were made from the Long Stone Lighthouse, and the Life- boat Forster Fawsett was speedily launched. When about two miles out the Life-boat fell in with a steam yacht belonging to the...
Visiting the RNLI/YLA Stand at the Southampton Boat Show Sir Alec Rose Founder-Member of the Association Autographs a Copy of His Book Lively Lady Which He
Visiting the R.N.L.I./Y.L.A. stand at the Southampton Boat Show, Sir Alec Rose, founder-member of the Association, autographs a copy of his book Lively Lady which he presented to Mr. Alasdair Garrett, secretary of the Association, for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston
Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a vicepresident of the RNLI, receives the final instalment in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's £140,000 appeal towards the provision of a new lifeboat, RFA Sir Galahad, from the RFA'i former Chief... - View image in PDF
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The Wreck Register and Chart for 1874-75
THE wreck statistics of the twelve months ending in June, 1875, certainly record the most numerous casualties that have hitherto taken place in one year. The officers of H.M. Coastguard and Board of Trade have left not a single shipping ac-...
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Lifeboat On Show For 100 Years
Lifeboat on show for 100 years Redcar’s Zetland museum, the home of the world’s oldest surviving lifeboat, celebrated its centenary on 1 May.
The Zetland lifeboat arrived at Redcar in 1802, predating the foundation of the...
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