Hastings, Sussex. — 13th October, 1937. Reports had been received that distress signals had been seen six miles S. by W., but nothing could be found.— Rewards, £50 4s. 6d..
I THINK I may claim to be a, more or less, seasoned collector, having collected annually from luxurious hair to a bald pate, and I find that most years are marked by some peculiarity —other than myself. This year was marked by a direct...
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Disaster to the Rye Life-boat.
The Whole Crew Drowned.
THE worst disaster which has fallen on the Life-boat Service for many years occurred on 15th November. It fell with crushing weight on the gallant...
Stirling Whorlow QBE Stirling Whorlow QBE, the secretary of the Institution for eight years from 1961 to 1969 died at his home in Spain on 2 October 1988.
One of his colleagues from the RNLI at the time writes: 'It is...
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Colonel A. D. Burnett Brown, M.C, T.D., M.A., who has been deputysecretary since 1931, succeeds Colonel Satterthwaite as secretary. Colonel Burnett Brown, after serving through the war of 1914 to 1918 and being twice wounded, served again...
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FEBRUARY Launches 53 Lives rescued 22 FEBRUARY 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. At 8.58 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel in distress east-south-east of the coastguard station. A southerly gale was blowing against the first of the flood...
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Sail Safari -- it's a lifeboat knockout! Using the 'It's a Knockout' theme, which has recently re-emerged into the limelight, the RNLI staged Sail Safari, an 'around the world boat race' in Battersea Park on 25...
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Where river meets sea, standing waves are an ominous threat to anyone in a small boat. With a 2m swell and spring
tide, conditions on 21 August at the mouth of the country’s second-fastest river overwhelmed an underpowered and...
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South West Division Boys stranded rr WAS AN HOUR before high water on the afternoon of Sunday July 20, 1986, when the honorary secretary of Westonsuper- Mare lifeboat station was contacted by Swansea Coastguard to be told that two boys were...
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