Montrose, Angus.—On the morning of the 12th January the Dutch motor vessel Bornrif, of Groningen, drove ashore on the Annat Bank. She was bound in ballast from Grangemouth to Montrose, and carried a crew of five.
A strong S...
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 74 feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the air-cases, which give extra buoyancy...
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THE memorial to the seventeen Life- boatmen of Rye Harbour—who lost their lives on 15& November, 1928, when the Life-boat, returning from service in a whole gale, capsized as she appeared to be coming into the harbour-mouth with a...
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Although visitors are always welcome at its Poole headquarters and depot, the RNLI makes a special effort every two years, throwing the whole site open to visitors for two days and putting on displays and demonstrations to illustrate its...
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LIFEBOAT AREA No.1 Trawler Snatch WHIN the Longhope, Orkney, lifeboat station was informed at 11.54 p.m. on February 9 that the trawler Ross Tern was ashore on Troma Island and was breaking up, the lifeboat crew mustered in good...
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At 8.28 p.m. on igth April, 1967, it was seen that the Dutch coaster Lupia anchored off Longnose Ledge was dragging her anchor. The vessel, showing only a mast-light, made no response to shore signals. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil...
continued from p. 47 1437: honorary secretary telephones Dover Coastguard and is told two children are drifting out to sea in a yellow inflatable, half a mile off Camber.
1438: maroons are fired.
1440: Rye...
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Sixteen minutes: five children rescued 1436: SUNDAY JUNE 15, 1986: honorary secretary of Rye Harbour lifeboat station, while working in the boathouse hears Camber Coastguard on radio to Dover Coastguard requesting immediate launch of Rye'...
Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards carry out thousands of rescues every year (see launches on page 32). Here are just some of those caught on camera, and see the list below for more reports:
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THREE LIFE-BOATMEN OVERBOARD NOVEMBER 9TH - 10TH. - MONTROSE, AND BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. Shortly after six in the evening an Admiralty tug was bombed from the air. The Montrose coxswain saw the bombs dropping. Thinking that the life-boat...