Broken Steering Gear ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1973, Second Coxswain Rowley at Scarborough, Yorkshire (the coxswain being away on holiday), was informed at 11.22 p.m. by the duty officer of the lighthouse that red flares had been sighted off the...
On the 7th June the Life-boat was again called out. and proceeded to the aid of the ship Micronesia, of Liverpool, which had her cargo of nitrate on fire.
Two steam-tugs and a Deal galley were in attendance on the vessel,...
Doctor to baby AN URGENT MESSAGE was received by Niton Radio at 2323 on Sunday August 21, 1983, from a yacht in the Solent reporting that a baby girl aboard, 15 months old, was desperately ill. Solent Coastguard advised the yacht, which was...
The following coxswains, members oj lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity, gratuity or...
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Margate, Kent - At 9.2 p.m. on ist May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that flashes had been reported by the police to be coming from a small boat near the south east Margate buoy and requested that the life-boat stand...
Quick help IN A MODERATE TO FRESH north-westerly breeze on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 19, the owner of the yacht Chica was thrown into the sea just opposite Campbeltown Old Quay when his inflatable dinghy capsized. His wife threw a...
Open house The RNLI’s Headquarters in Poole, Dorset, is opening to the public on 21 and 22 July 2007.
This is a golden opportunity to see behind the scenes at The Lifeboat College, tour the different classes of lifeboat,... - View image in PDF
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HELICOPTER LANDS SICK MAN IN GALE Scarborough, Yorkshire. At 6.30 on the evening of Sunday the 14th of July, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a helicopter was going to land a man at approximately 7.30 from a ship...
Newcastle, County Down, in a Force 9 to 10 southeasterly as the station's Oakley class lifeboat Jane Hay surfs into the harbour entrance at a speed considerably above that which her designer intended.
The photograph was... - View image in PDF
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