Cut off by tide INFORMATION THAT A MAN had been reported cut off by the tide below the cliffs in the vicinity of the Coastguard lookout was passed to the honorary secretary of Whitby lifeboat station at 1630 on Sunday, June 5. The assembly...
At sea, things don’t always go according to script – which is what led Timothy and Shane Spall to head offshore
‘If I get better, we will get a boat,’ declared Timothy Spall. It was 1996. A...
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British Petroleum and Bristow Helicopters are combining to provide an airborne search and rescue service based on BP Forties Field but available to other oil companies with North Sea operations and indeed to any ship in distress within 100... - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 1991 George Jappy, coxswain of Buckie lifeboat from 1962 to 1972, having previously served as second coxswain in 1961. He was awarded a bronze medal in 1968 and a vellum in 1967..
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Captain J. L. Jones, QBE, who was deputy launching authority of Porthdinllaen lifeboat station from 1976 to 1978 when he became honorary secretary..
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In June, an entire weekend of 'beary' celebrations at Berwick raised an impressive £25,000 for charities - with the local lifeboat station receiving over £6,800 from the coffers.. - View image in PDF
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Selsey: Coxswain Michael J. Grant (r.), awarded the silver medal for the service to the Panamanian cargo vessel Cape Coast on January 10 and the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum for the service to the fishing vessel New Venture... - View image in PDF
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Reaching for his mobile phone, a kayaker went overboard. Cold and tired, he couldn’t get back onboard – or call for help
Lifeboat Helm Patsy O’Mahony was relaxing at home on a Sunday afternoon in February when his phone...
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CLOVELLY.—On the 3rd Sept., at 10 A.M., during a strong breeze at N., the smack Ebenezer, of Bideford, being at anchor in a dangerous position off a lee shore, hoisted a signal of distress, whereupon the Lifeboat Alexander and Matilda...
NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE.—A life-boat station, in connection with the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, has been established at New Brighton, on the south shore of the Mersey, near Liverpool, and a tubular lifeboat, on the plan of the late H....
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