THE following correspondence has taken place between the Home Office and the Na-tional Life-boat Institution on the subject of the number of Lives Saved by its Life- boats during the year 1880, and also the number saved through its...
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NOVEMBER 15TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
At 1.19 in the afternoon the St. Ives coastguard telephoned that a motor vessel was making for St. Ives Bay and required a pilot. A strong north wind was blowing, with a heavy sea, and...
FROM THE 1st JANUARY TO THE 31st DECEMBER, 1860.
Jan. 5, 1860.—Voted the thanks of the Institution, inscribed on vellum, and II. to SAMUEL DUNN, in acknowledgment of his intrepid and prompt services in rescuing, at...
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Deaths Michael Abbott - former Dover lifeboat station Crew Member DrTom Andrews - former Cramer lifeboat station Honorary Medical Adviser Dr Paul Barclay - former Cramer lifeboat station Honorary Secretary Giles Battock - Kinsale lifeboat...
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YACHT FOUND AND TOWED TO HARBOUR St. Ives, Cornwall. About 9.30 on the evening of the 20th July, 1962, some local fishermen told the honorary secretary that the crew of the yacht Faith II, which had returned to harbour because of bad weather...
Short service iust 500 yards from station - but a surfer's life is saved Ashort but very difficult service by North Sunderland's D class inflatable lifeboat on 18 May 1996 undoubtedly saved the life of a surfer, and also led to the...
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Edinburgh Beatty Sea Cadet Unit have for many years been energetic fund raisers on behalf of the RNLI in Scotland.
Last year they undertook a sponsored boat pull in their ASC class dinghy along the full 22 miles of Loch... - View image in PDF
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GIFTS RNLI Videos Lifeboats 24/7 £8 (XT The story of the RNLI with rescue reconstructions I Building support for lifeboats £8.00* Constructing the lifeboat shore facilities Five minutes with the RNLI plus f) Saved by a motor...
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THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain James Wilson of St. Abbs. He first joined the crew in 1947, was assistant mechanic from 1951 until the 1st of October, 1953, when he was appointed coxswain. During his period of service the St. Abbs...
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Rescue at sea By Clayton Evans Published by Chrysalis Books ISBN 0851779344 Price: £35 Canadian Coast Guard Coxswain Clayton Evans has spent a decade gathering material from all over the world to create this reference and general...
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