Scarborough lifeboat, the 37' Oakley J. G. Graves of Sheffield, launched at 1945 on September 21, 1976, with a pump and three firemen on board, to help trawler Anmara (with crew of three) under tow of trawler Carolanne and in danger of... - View image in PDF
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With seas breaking heavily across Johnno crew member Mike Judge can be seen aboard the casualty as Whitstable's Atlantic sheers away with one of the survivors aboard. - View image in PDF
Photo Kent Messenger. - View image in PDF
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Life-Boat Collecting In The Streets of Leicester. - View image in PDF
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On the 30th September, whilst the schooner Commot, of Whitby, bound from Lowestoft to Sea- ham, in ballast, was riding at anchor in Sandsend Roads, the wind suddenly changed from N.W. to N. by E., causing the vessel to part from one anchor....
Athina B after she had finally been driven ashore on Brighton Beach. The entrance to Shoreham Harbour is beyond the distant power station chimneys (top left).. - View image in PDF
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On January 3 the schooner Fanny, of Salcombe, bound from Cardiff to Barbadoes, became a total wreck in Tramore Bay, county Waterford. The vessel had been observed, soon after noon, trying to beat out of the Bay, into "which a heavy sea,...
Around the Fundraising Regions A list of branches and guilds from the Central England and Wales regions CENTRAL ENGLAND RNLI 102 Birmingham Road Bromsgrove Wares B61 ODF Tel (0527) 575017 Regional Organiser, Ms J. Feeney LLB Warwickshire...
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Dunkirk pilgrimage When 30 of the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships sailed from Ramsgate for Dunkirk on May 30 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the evacuation, they were accompanied by the new 52ft Arun relief lifeboat Edith Emilie,...
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Lifesavers from around the world visited RNLI College in August for 2 weeks of intensive tuition on how to run an effective coastal rescue service.
Representatives from Bangladesh, Cameroon, India, Mauritius, Philippines,...
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