St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—At about 9.30 P.M. on the 12th August, 1938, information was received from the lighthouse, through the signal station,that a boat close under the cliffs was in need of help. AN.E. wind was blowing and the sea was...
THE Secretary of the Institution pro- poses, if possible, to compile its history for publication in 1924, and he will be most grateful to all Honorary Secretaries, especially of Station Branches, for every assistance which they may be good...
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THK Barmouth, Merionethshire, IRB on 21st June, 1971, was requested to help in evacuating a badly injured woman who had fallen down cliff's at Friog. In view of the prevailing weather conditions the life-boat was ordered to be launched...
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ON the night on 9th January signals of a vessel in distress were seen off Tor Ness at the south-west end of the island of Hoy in the Orkneys. She was found later to be the trawler Dorbie of Hull.
It was then ten minutes...
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HOLYHEAD.—The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was called out on service on the morning of the 26th Jan., 1893, signals of distress having been shown by the schooner Sarah, of and from Fowey for Runcorn, which had stranded on the...
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assistance whenever and wherever it is needed.' There followed two unusual presentations to Coxswain Len Patten.
The first was a spare pair of gleaming propellers from the Bitterne and Woolston Round Table and the...
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ALTHOUGH I had been to Padstow, Cornwall, years ago on holiday, the visit I paid in July this year for the purpose of this article was the first since then, I found, as before, a bustling village in high summer and, some miles way, the...
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been developed jointly by Mike Bigland (Preparations) Ltd., an engineering firm in Knighton Powys, Wales, and the RNLI. It is encased in a watertight, custom built steel and armour plated glass hull—reminiscent of a huge goldfish tank. This...
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Above L to R: Sarah Halls, regional manager east; Dave Dipple, sponsor from Talking Numbers; Elaine Close, regional manager north west; Richard Mann, national fundraising manager, and Wendy Reason, senior area organiser east.. - View image in PDF
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The wind brings us clear blue skies and storms, makes a sailboat sail and chills us to the bone. But have you ever wondered where it comes from? Here the Lifeboat gives you a beginner’s guide to wind and its extreme effects<...
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