Contents 0 0 ,82 Lifeboat Services 184 XL VIII LongService Awards 191 40J The naming Of the 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat RNLB Princess of Wales by HRH The Princess of Wales 192 Eleven Years On . . . a look at the Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable...
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IDEAS for new fund-raising projects are constantly under review by the Centra] Appeals Committee. The Scout Association is organising a sponsored cycle ride on behalf of the RNLI in October 1974, which will take competitors on a round...
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Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.— 13th August. A motor fire-float was indistress with her engine broken down, but was taken in tow by a steamer.— Rewards, £5 3s..
Lt Col Gerald Ross, deputy organising secretary of Ireland from 1952 until his retirement in 1967. He joined the Institution after many years service with the Royal Marines..
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This year marks the 200th anniversary of the patenting of Lionel Lukin's 'unimmergible boat', the first craft ever to be designed specifically for saving human life at sea. Frank Martin, honorary treasurer of the Hythe branch of...
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Fishing boats wrecked TWO GERMAN STUDENTS, walking on the cliffs near Breil Nook on Flamborough Head on the morning of Monday, May7, 1984, smelt diesel oil and, looking into the water, saw what appeared to be the overturned hull of a...
Mr. J. W. Kelly, of Peel, in the Isle of Man, has now sung the solo in the hymn "The Life-boat" at the annual Life-boat Sunday Service at Peel every year for 45 years. Mr. Brian Leadley, who ha* been H.M. coastguard at Peel for 23...
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FOLLOWING the two balls which were organised by the Belfast Ladies' Lifeboat Guild in the winter and spring, a Fete, lasting a fortnight, was held in June in the Bellevue Gardens, Belfast, which had been kindly lent to the Institution by...
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