Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.— At 6.45 in the evening of the 10th of December, 1948, the police telephoned that North Foreland radio station had reported the s.s. Fulham II, of London, one mile north-east of Britannia Pier, with a...
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—On the morning of the 5th February the police reported that Ryde Hospital had received a message from Niton Radio Station that the liner Delambre, of Liverpool, bound from London to the River Plate, was at anchor...
(above) Richard Perks, inspector of lifeboats for the East Division was in command for the passage to Aldeburgh from the training centre at Poole.. - View image in PDF
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JUNE 13TH. - ABERDEEN. A message was received from the Gregness coastguard that a vessel was on fire seven miles from Greyness, and at 1.30 in the morning the No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance was launched. A little northerly wind was...
The Bishop of Plymouth at the annual fisherfolk's service on Plymouth Barbican on 25th, November, 1935. The Lord Mayor of Plymouth and 2,000 people were present.. - View image in PDF
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On the 23rd De- cember the brig Englishman, of Working- ton, and the schooner Louisa Jane, of Drogheda, while running for the river Boyne, became unmanageable through a sudden change of the wind, and drove on the South Bull in a heavy sea....
Vivien Nicholson ceremoniously knocks over the pile of pennies collected for the lifeboat service in 1977 at the Jolly Sailor Inn, Selby. The pennies added up to £.189, and it is the third year running that such a pile has been... - View image in PDF
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(Below, left) Crimdon Dene, April 10: R. Kirkland, an exeuctive committee member of the Ancient Order of Foresters, and T. P. Reynolds, honorary secretary of the ILB station, at the handing-over ceremony.. - View image in PDF
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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, K.G., IN THE CHAIR.
l.:—Moved by the CHAIRMAN :- i the Institution lave been rendered avail- [ able for the Saving of so many Lives 1.—That the following Noblemen and , during the...
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AUGUST 30TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
About 9.15 at night the coastguard reported flares a mile east of St.
Anthony. A moderate south-westerly breeze was blowing, with a heavy swell. The motor life-boat...