Early on the morn- ing of the 1st October, during a strong wind from S.S.E., and ha very thick weather, signals of distress were observed off a dan- gerous part of the coast, about a mile and a half from this place, and near the village of...
Escort EYEMOUTH DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY was informed by HM Coastguard at 1608 on Tuesday February 14 that a number of fishing boats were about to attempt to enter harbour and, as sea conditions in Eyemouth Roadstead were very dangerous,...
DINGHY'S CREW REFUSE OFFER OF HELP Criccieth, Caernarvonshire. At 4.50 on the afternoon of the 15th May, 1963, a local resident informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing dinghy was in difficulty between a mile and a half and...
EVERY YEAR at the London International Boat Show, the RNLI is given a flying start by the organisers of the exhibition, National Boat Shows Ltd, when they donate the space for the RNLI stand free of charge. This year's stand area would...
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THIS gentleman, who had been for nearly twenty years the much-respected Chairman of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, died at Bournemouth on the 18th Nov., after a lingering illness, extending over two years. He was in the 74th year of Ms...
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Search success AT 1820 ON FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1987, Tyne Tees Coastguards were alerted by the mother of one of two men aboard the Hartlepool-based fishing boat Sea Fox that the vessel was six hours overdue at the east coast...
Shaping the future It feels Like a long time since the RNLI announced it intended to build a training college in Poole. Construction started in 2002 and since then hundreds of men and women have laboured to make The Lifeboat College vision a...
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When a life-boat bridge tournament was held recently in a Dublin hotel, several supporters extended the scope of it to neighbouring counties by asking friends to play at tables in their houses.
The players at these tables...
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MAY 1ST. - CROMARTY. At 7.40 A.M. a message was received from the Cromarty coastguard that two airmen had been seen in the sea off Brora, and at 8.20 A.M. the motor life-boat James Macfee was launched.
A light easterly...
THE weather in the British Islands forces itself so much on our attention, and is naturally such a constant topic of dis- cussion, that papers on the subject, especially when written by any one having access to the records of the Royal...
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