AT the annual meeting of the Committee of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund, on the 12th ultimo, presided over by Mr. C. G. TURNER, Controller-General of la- land Revenue, it was reported by Mr.
CHARLES DIBDIN, the Hon....
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SOME astounding figures have been recorded of the services of life-boats in 1961. The month of August this year was, for instance, by far the busiest month the service has ever known since it was founded 137 years ago. During the month...
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There was an added treat for three lads who won prizes in n lifeboat model-making competition. They went to Weston Park, near Newport, Salop, lo receive their awards from Lord Bradford, president of the Newport brunch of the RNLI. The boys... - View image in PDF
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PILOT CUTTER'S REPORT At 8.14 p.m. on 4th September, 1964, .the coastguard told the honorary secretary that Nab pilot cutter had reported a dinghy adrift but was unable to help.
It was two hours before high water with...
Donagbadee, Co. Down.—7th April.
A report had been received of a collision off Blackhead, and the life-boat had gone to Blackhead, Co. Antrim. It was then found that it was Blackhead, Wigtownshire, on the Scottish coast.<...
Ballycotton, Co. Cork - At 12.55 p.m. on 24th August, 1968, the honorary secretary received a report that the fishing boat Naomh Fergus with a crew of three had fired flares three and a half miles west by south of Ballycotton lighthouse. The...
Dover, Kent. At 1.27 on the after- noon of the 12th September, 1961, a report was received that a small boat with one man on board was in diffi- culties west of the Admiralty pier. The life-boat Southern Africa left her moor- ings at 1.46 in...
Coxswain Hewitt Clark Silver Medal Coxswain Hewitt Clark and the crew of Lerwick's Arun rescued 67 seamen from a stranded factory ship in appalling weather conditions on 31 October 1994. The lifeboat had to go into a narrow opening... - View image in PDF
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Three rescued from yacht in severe gales The events leading up to Alderney lifeboat' s service to the 23ft yacht Whisky Mac are recounted in the report of St Peter Port lifeboat's Silver Medal service to the yacht Sena Sioria (main...
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 10.31 on the night of the 21st of August, 1951, the signal station made a report.
The yacht Marguerite T., of Lowestoft, had wirelessed that she had broken down and was in a dangerous position...