Our cover photograph for the spring issue was taken by David Parker, one of the four people to whom, at the Boat Show, the Duke of Atholl presented statuettes of lifchoatmen for their outstanding service to the RNLI in the field of public... - View image in PDF
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St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 1.50 in the afternoon, on the 23rd of March, 1951, Sark sent a message that the motor boat Capwood, of Guernsey, had left Guernsey for Sark at 11.15 that morning with sixteen people, but had not arrived. At 2.15...
LYDD, DUNGENESS.—The crew of the Lifeboat R.A.O.B. were summoned on the 29th November, during a moderate N.
breeze and hazy weather, signals of distress having been reported. The men promptly assembled, and at 1 A.M.,...
ABERSOCH, CARNARVONSHIRE.— About 1.15 A.M. on the 27th February, signals of distress were observed from St. Tudwell's Roads. There was a whole W.S.W.
gale and very heavy sea at the time.
The Life-boat...
On the 27th February, the Life-boat afforded help to the crew of a fishing coble who had lost their way in a very thick fog. *A life-belt was given to each of the three men and the boat was taken in tow, one of the Life-boat men going on...
Left: Launching the rigid inflatable lifeboat from the beach at Ptettenburg Bay. - View image in PDF
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DUTCH TRAWLER ASHORE Redcar, Yorkshire. At 2.50 p.m. on Saturday the 31st of August, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Dutch trawler V.L.79, Maas of Vlaardingen, was ashore on the Saltscar rocks, three-quarters of...
Miss Paterson, of Paisley, in her life-boat, Jeanie Speirs, at Portpatrick. - View image in PDF
(See page 399, and for another photograph of the !ife-boat, page 373.). - View image in PDF
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Escort For Barge With Dangerous List. - View image in PDF
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Some stories hit you right in the heart
From page 16 of this issue, we tell one of those stories. Stranded in a February sea after their kayak flooded, it was up to 13-year-old Joe to help get his dad to safety. Thinking...
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