PORTRUSH.—The fishing-smack Foison, of Portrush, was dismasted in a heavy squall off Port Stewart Point, on the evening of the 2nd November. Two other smacks were in company with her, but were unable to render her any assistance, on account...
A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD boy, Arnold Togneri, has been awarded an inscribed wristwatch for the rescue of a girl off Dunbar, East Lothian, on the afternoon of nth April, 1965.
Arnold Togneri and two other boys, John and James...
Category: Awards
Keith Deller, former world darts champion, assisted the Harwich lifeboat crew at the Hanover public house in counting the contents of a bottle amounting to a remarkable £1,360. The money had been raised by the landlord, Basil MacNess,... - View image in PDF
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POKTMADOC, CARNARVONSHIRE. — At 8 A.M. on the 24th January, a vessel having been observed on the S. side of the bar during a strong W.N.W. wind, the John, Ashbury Life-boat put off, and with some difficulty got alongside the vessel, which...
RHOSNEIGIR, ANGLESEY.—It having been reported that a vessel was showing signals of distress about a mile and a quarter 8.
of the Life-boat Station on the 28th March during half a gale of wind fromthe S.S.W., a heavy sea,...
MARCH 19TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND.
NORTHUMBERLAND. The motor lifeboat W.R.A. was launched at 2.20 P.M. as news had come that the engine of the local motor fishing boat Glad Tidings had broken down. A light S.E. breeze was...
At 2.58 p.m. on 23rd June, 1965, the honorary secretary in consultation with the coxswain decided that the life-boat Anthony Robert Marshall, should be launched to escort two local motor fishing vessels to harbour in view of the bad weather...
MAN TAKEN OFF SINKING CUTTER Dungeness, Kent. At 6.40 on the evening of the 14th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the gaff-rigged cutter Twilight was ashore one to two miles west of Dengemarsh look-out, but...
Nearly 50 women drivers proved they were just as good as the boys when they competed in a off-road driving day in May that raised £4,000 for the lifeboats. The challenging event.
organised by RNLI North West office and... - View image in PDF
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FISHING VESSEL'S ENGINE BREAKS DOWN New Brighton, Cheshire. At half past twelve on the morning of Monday the 5th of August, 1963, the coxswain repor- ted that the fishing vessel Phoenician had broken down with engine trouble and had...