At 2.19 a.m. on I3th July, 1966, a red flare had been reported about three miles offshore in an easterly direction. The lifeboat Edian Courtauld left her moorings at 2.45 in a fresh westerly wind and a choppy sea. It was one hour after low...
The Tenby life-boat rescued seven men from the St. Gowan lightvessel in a full gale (see page 592). - View image in PDF
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SLOOP CAPSIZED Ramsgate, Kent. At 4.38 p.m. on 3rd October, 1964, the east pier watchman told the coxswain that two small boats were in difficulties in a rough sea and fresh north-easterly breeze off Brake sands. One was believed to have...
TWO MEN SAVED FROM CLUB'S RESCUE BOAT Hastings, Sussex. At 1.35 on the afternoon of the 20th May, 1962, the police informed the honorary secretary that the Hastings and St. Leonards sailing club's rescue boat Anne Bonaventure was in...
THE RNLI'S twentieth national lottery draw was made at Poole HQ on January 28 by Anita Harris, who had recentlytaken the name role of Robinson Crusoe in the highly successful pantomime at Poole Arts Centre. The draw was supervised by...
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Our man in Towcester Despite suffering a stroke some 10 years ago, wheelchair bound Colin Baldry remains as the RNLI's 'man in Towcester'. Colin, pictured here with Mrs Dora Gamble on Towcester flag day last year, does not get... - View image in PDF
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The RNLI took on the running of Cowes Lifeboat Station on the Isle of Wight in 2008. Based in a small, temporary facility within Shepards Wharf Marina, Cowes lifeboat launched 41 times last year and rescued 49 people.
Now,...
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St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 11.45 on the night of the 16th of December,1958, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a message from Ilfracombe radio station that the trawler Suzanne Adrianne of Ostend was sinking near the...
PORTHDINLLAEN. — A schooner was observed in distress, having lost all her sails, about two or three miles N.W. of Porthdinllaen Head, during a very heavy gale from N.N.W. on the morning of the 20th May. The Life-boat George Moore put off at...
A dinner dance organised by the Birmingham branch was the first charitv evening to be held in the splendidly refurbished Botanic Gardens in Birmingham and raised a magnificent £2,500 for lifeboat funds. Among those supervising the... - View image in PDF
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