Tramore, Co. Waterford. At 9.45 p.m. on 4th July, 1965, it was learned that a fisherman was cut off by the flooding tide at Newtown Head. At 9.57 the IRB launched in a light westerly breeze and calm sea. The IRB took the fisherman on board...
Stornoway: The re-dedication and blessing of the 52ft Arun RNLB Sir Max Aitken II by The Reverend Roderick Morrison on July 25. The lifeboat was named by HRH Princess Alexandra at Cowes last February. photograph by courtesy of Hebridean... - View image in PDF
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Small Paddington Bear soft toys will be on sale in branches of Barclays and Woolwich throughout the UK from 4 July-7 August 2006. They cost just £2 each and all proceeds will go to the RNLI'sTrain one, save many. - View image in PDF
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JULY 1ST. - MARGATE, KENT. Rockets had been reported between Warden Point and the Reculvers, but nothing could be found.
Mr. P. E. W. Gellatly, the honorary secretary, went out in the boat.-Rewards, £12 8s..
JULY 19TH. - SELSEY; SUSSEX. During an air battle a German aeroplane had come down off Aldwick and other machines had come down further eastward, but nothing except a patch of oil was found. - Rewards, £l5 10s. 6d..
JULY 24TH. - RAMSGATE. KENT. It had been reported that a convoy had been attacked and that an aeroplane had come down, but though the life-boat found that a convoy had been bombed, she could not find any aeroplane. - Rewards, £5 3s..<...
JULY 3RD. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
A parachute with something attached had been seen to fall into the sea, but the life-boat was recalled as it was thought certain that no person was attached to the parachute and that the...
JULY 1ST. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE, AND FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reporteddown in the sea, but the Buckie life-boat reached the position to find that an R.A.F. rescue launch had picked up the body of an...
Jan. 2.—Voted the Silver Medal and U. to Mr.
JAMES MACKAY for saving two boys by swimming at great risk to a boat, which, had been swamped while attempting to cross the Bar of Tongue, tine Margaret, of Rye, which was...
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Rescue in the surf SILVER MEDAL A CALL CAME THROUGH to Tyne Tees Coastguard at 0101 on the morning of Saturday April 15, 1986, that a disabled fishing vessel, the 60ft La Morlaye, with three men on board, was in danger of going aground just...