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When Major-General and Mrs Farrant Visited South Wales at the End of November Mrs Farrant Presented a Ship''s Bell to Coxswain Edward Powell and the Crew of the Ba
When Major-General and Mrs Farrant visited South Wales at the end of November, Mrs Farrant presented a ship''s bell to Coxswain Edward Powell and the crew of the Barry 52' lifeboat Arun. It was to commemorate the first visit she... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Danish Life-Saving Service
FROM a communication received a short time since from Horr ANDERSEN, the Inspector of the Danish Life-saving Service, we learn that on the occasion of the visit of H.M. The KING OF DENMARK to the Skaw, on the 24th July last, a tabulated...
Category: Services
The Life-Boat Station
THE LIFE-BOAT STATION.
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general...
Category: Articles
How to Help the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
1. By becoming an Annual Subscriber, even if the amount subscribed be small; or by giving a donation.
2. By taking charge of a collecting box, or card, and endeavouring to fill it.
3. By ...
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A Torbay Silver Medal
In December, 1944, the life-boat at Torbay put out one night in torrential rain with a gale blowing to the help of a tug and a small vessel which she had in tow. The life-boat crew was two men short. So dark was the night that they could see...
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Lifeboat Classified
LIFEBOAT CLASSIFIED FOR PERSONAL SERVICE Contact the Company with nearly forty years experience in the manufacture of CLUB & COMPANY TIES Quantities from one dozen with printed motif, five dozen with woven motif, striped ties from three...
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Bertolemeo Cerruti, of Genoa
On the 27th October, another severe 1 gale sprang up from the N.N.E., and the ! barque Bertolemeo Cerruti, of Genoa, which ! was riding at anchor, was observed to I drift rapidly on shore, the sea soon ; making a complete breach over her....
S.S. Kollskegg
JULY 21ST. - SWANAGE, DORSET. At 6.14 P.M. the coastguard reported a vessel on fire some ten miles or more to the S.E. A westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate swell. The motor life-boat Thomas Markby was launched at 6.27 P.M., and...
The Motor Yacht Gramarie (Above), Known to Be Lying at Palma, Majorca, In the Mid-1960s, Was Once the Margate, Kent, Life-Boat On694
The motor yacht Gramarie (above), known to be lying at Raima, Majorca, in the mid-1960s, was once the Margate, Kent, life-boat ON694 J. P. Proudfoot. She was built in 1924, and in 1940 the crew shown below took her out to rescue P/O Richard... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
GOURDON, N.B.—On the invitation of the local residents, a Life-boat Station has been formed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION at Gourdon, a fishing vil- lage about 12 miles north of Montrose.
Shipwrecks are said to be...
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