Quick action saves life of fellow lifeboatman lost overboard It is particularly difficult for a lifeboat crew to go to the rescue of somebody that they know. It makes it even harder when the casualty is a fellow lifeboatman. The crew of...
trolley as the only mechanical means of conveying anything to the Point from Kilnsey was especially interesting because it was on this vehicle that I had to transport my boxes of books. Memory tells me that there was never any wind available...
Category: Correspondence
THE THREE CORNISHMEN THREE men of Polruan, Mr. Lloyd Dunn, Mr. John Curtis and Mr. Anthony Raymond, have all received letters of thanks from the R.N.L.I. for the parts they played in rescuing four survivors when a dinghy capsized on 7th...
Category: Articles
PILOT CUTTER'S REPORT At 8.14 p.m. on 4th September, 1964, .the coastguard told the honorary secretary that Nab pilot cutter had reported a dinghy adrift but was unable to help.
It was two hours before high water with...
FEBRUARY 2ND. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At 9.37 A.M. the Cromer coastguard telephoned that a vessel, about one and a half miles north of Cromer, had reported that she had a man on board dangerously ill. The coastguard also...
Category: Services
FURTHER AWARD Longhope, Orkneys. On 3rd~4th January, 1964, the Longhope life-boat rescued nine men from the Aberdeen trawler Ben Barvas. For this service, a full account of which appears on page 23, the awards included that of a silver...
To interest the youth of our nation in the sea that encompasses their island— its traffic, its secrets, its hazards—is always timely. To do so in the manner of Malcolm Saville's book, The Adven- ture of the Life-boat Semice (Macdonald,...
Category: Articles
To JOHN E. MORRIS, on his retirement, after serving for 17J years as coxswain and 3 moaths as bowman of the Barmouth lifeboat, a coxswain's certificate of service and an annuity.
To JOHN C. SNELL, on his retirement,...
Category: Awards
How long would it take two canoeists, paddling inflatable canoes, to travel from Lymington, right the way round the Isle of Wight and back to Lymington again? That was the question put to everyone entering a competition organised by Rob... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
IT is now six years since the first experiments were made with Motor Caterpillar Tractors for launching Lifeboats off flat beaches. Tractors have been placed at a number of Stations, and although the type used has not been suitable for...
Category: Inaugurations