St Bees: (1. to r.) Leon Goldwater, honorary secretary, Stanley Kelly, DLA, Jim Baty, station administrative officer, Crew Members Ian McDowell, Russell Cranston, Jack Soittham, Michael Goldwater and Bill Forbes, and Malcolm Reid, DLA. In... - View image in PDF
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At 4 A.M. on the 11th April, during a strong wind from the E.N.E., and a heavy sea, the British Workman Lifeboat was launched to the aid of the brig Betty of Tonsberg, Norway, which had grounded on the Hasborough Bank, and had floated off in...
Peter Hodges, station honorary secretary and Frank Smith, coxs wain accept the pain ting form Mick Ewins and Don Slade of Ryan Slade Associates. - View image in PDF
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MARCH 5TH. - ST. HELIER, JERSEY.
The local fishing boat William and Mary, which had gone to fish off Les Minquiers, was six hours overdue, and at eleven at night the motor life-boat Howard D was launched to search for her....
JUNE 22ND. - MONTROSE, ANGUS. At 9.40 AM. a strong N.E. wind was blowing, the sea was rough and the tide ebbing. It was evident that two motor fishing boats, Rosa and Widgeon, which were out would have great difficulty in crossing the bar...
(Above) RNLB Shoreline is named . . . and Lt Alan late, divisional inspector {North East) leads three cheers for Sir Alec Rose.. - View image in PDF
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AIRBORNE LIFE-BOATS 0 I was looking at back numbers of THE LIFEBOAT and came on your issue of January, 1971, in which an airborne life-boat in connection with the Wells, Norfolk, article was shown being dropped off the east coast on 5th May,...
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HER Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, President of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, named the new Berwick-upon-Tweed life-boat William and Mary Durham on the 25th of July, 1957. The ceremony took place at Spittal harbour.
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NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.—About 8 o'clock on the morning of the 9th February a messenger from Perran Zabuloe arrived at Newquay with intelligence that a vessel was at anchor, in a very, dangerous position, near Hoblyn's Cove, east of Perran...
LIFEBOATS DEMAND THE DEPENDABILITY OF DAGENITE So does your car. Make sure you choose a Dagenite Easifil-it means what it says. Dagenite Batteries are used extensively by the R.N.L.I.
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