Rhyl, Flintshire.—At 2.25 on the afternoon of the 5th of July, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that the Abergele police had reported that a small boat had capsized off Llandulas, and that her crew of two were swim- ming towards Abergele....
On the 15th October the flying-boat £.1229, from Calshot, made a forced descent off Start Point, owing to damage to her propeller and rudder. A strong S.W.
breeze was blowing, with a rough sea and rain. The Hope Cove...
AUGUST 26TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 8.52 in the morning the life-boat coxswain saw a vessel lying on the Goodwin Sands.
He telephoned the coastguard station for confirmation and at 9.40 the motor life-boat Langham, on temporary...
SEPTEMBER 12TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE, AND LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
Early in the morning news was received at both stations through the coastguard, from the naval authorities, that the naval salvage vessel Salvage King was...
The First of the Watson (Cabin) Motor Life-Boats Stationed at Tenby. - View image in PDF
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Members of the Sidbury Pantomime Company at The Sidmouth Life-Boat Garden Fete. - View image in PDF
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Chay Blyth signed copies of THE LIFEBOAT souvenir programme while visiting the exhibition.. - View image in PDF
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 3.27 in the morning of the 1st of July, 1948, the coastguard reported that the s.s. Afon Gwili, of Llanelly, had anchored about a mile to the south-east of Yarmouth, and had asked...
The fundraising 'bathing belles' from the Co-op with representatives of Bridlington lifeboat station Photo: Prospect photographic agency. - View image in PDF
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The Prime Minister, Mrs Margaret Thatcher, with Second Coxswain Robert Jones, took the wheel of Holyhead's new 52ft Arun lifeboat Hyman Winstone during a visit on July 18. Mrs Thatcher also met crew members and their wives and branch and... - View image in PDF
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