Open house The RNLI’s Headquarters in Poole, Dorset, is opening to the public on 21 and 22 July 2007.
This is a golden opportunity to see behind the scenes at The Lifeboat College, tour the different classes of lifeboat,... - View image in PDF
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Bridlington: On the morning of November 27, 1975, Bridlington lifeboat, the 37' Oakley William Henry and Mary King stood by, with drogue streamed, while a coble and ten motor fishing vessels entered harbour. The wind was southerly strong... - View image in PDF
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HUGE WAVE UPSET LIFE-BOAT ON the evening of 20th January last year the Danish motor fishing vessel Opal sailed from Buckle and set a course for the Fladden fishing grounds. At about 10.30 p.m. it was discovered that the engine room was...
HARWICH AND ALDEBURGH.—Signals having been made by the light-vessels, the Springwell Life-boat stationed at Harwich and the Aldeburgh Life-boat at Aldeburgh were launched at 8 A.M. on the 5th June, and proceeded to the Shipwash Sands where...
NIGHT-LONG SEARCH St. Mary's, Scffly Islands. At 6.10 p.m. on 3rd May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the yacht Fair Judgement, on passage from Gibraltar, had asked for guidance to the Scilly Islands. The yacht was...
IMPERIAL PUBLISHING LTD Imperial Publishing Limited are very pleased to offer an exclusive opportunity to purchase a framed reproduction set of previously unissued cigarette cards depicting "The Story of the Lifeboat." These cards...
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Sothebys came to Dovercourt last February, thanks to Harwich and Dovercourt branch which organised this valuation session at the Cliff Hotel.
A George Jones plate was estimated at between £300 and £400: a Charles... - View image in PDF
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The RNLI's Open Days on 23 and 24 July were more popular than in any previous year, with more visitors, more displays and more things to see than ever before. With free access to two separate sites accurate estimates of the numbers...
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IN the 21st Number of the Life-Boat Journal we introduced this important subject to our readers in connection with a new mode of treatment proposed by the eminent physiologist, the late Dr. MARSHALL HALL.
Again, in our...
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THE annual meeting was held at the Central Hall, Westminster on the 8th of March, 1955, with Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., K.B.E., Chairman of the Committee of Management, in the chair.
H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, Presi- dent of...
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