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River Thames Jubilee Pageant: Sheerness Lifeboat Helen Turnbull With Hmy Britannia at Tower Bridge (Below) and (Right) Embarking the Lard Mayor of Westminster
River Thames Jubilee Pageant: Sheerness lifeboat Helen Turnbull with HMY Britannia at Tower Bridge (below) and (right) embarking the Lard Mayor of Westminster, for whom she acted as barge. (Left) A fundraising cruise up the Thames following... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Sailing Barges May and Portlight
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—On the morn- ing of the 21st of February, 1955, it was thought that the sailing barges May. of Ipswich, and Portlight, of Harwich, each with a crew of two, were in a dangerous position because of the bad weather. They...
A Boat
Peel, Isle of Man.—13th July. An upturned boat was reported drifting off Niarbyl Point, but nothing was found.
—Rewards, £25 7s..
A Rowing Boat
Beaumaris, Anglesey. On the morn- ing of the 29th of January, 1958, the coxswain saw a rowing boat with three men on board in difficulties. They had gone out to the sandbanks off the mouth of the River Ogwen to collect mussels. With the...
A Rowing Boat
Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 3.10 P.M. on the 21st November, 1938, news was received from Quarff Post Office that a young man had gone out fishing in a small rowing boat in the forenoon and had not returned. A moderate...
The Fishing Boat
Plymouth, Devon - At 4.22 p.m. on 6th April, 1969, the coastguardinformed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat, with a crew of five on board, had broken down in Whitsand bay. At 4.40 the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse slipped...
A time to celebrate!
Both crew gallantry and supporter dedication were celebrated at the RNLI’s Annual Presentation of Awards at London’s Barbican Centre on 27 May. Guest of Honour this year was HRH Prince Michael of...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Services. The Life-Boat Illustration
THE accompanying tabular statement clearly shows the important character of the services rendered by the life-boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
It will be seen that during the year (1862) which has just closed,...
Category: Articles
A Sailing Boat (1)
Shoreham Harbour, and Worthing, Sussex.
—On the afternoon of the 30th May, 1939, a sailing boat, with a crew of two, father and son, capsized about two miles off Goring. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate...
The Fishing Steamers Salamander and Queenborough
FENIT (TRALEE BAY), Co. K«BBY.—The Life-boat John Willmot was launched at 1 P.M. on the 19th April and proceeded to the fishing steamer Salamander which had stranded on a dangerous reef of rocks in Brandon Bay in a dense...