At about 8.40 P.M.
on the 26th January, the coastguard reported that news had been received from Herne Bay that two rockets had been seen in the neighbourhood of the Girdler lightvessel. A moderate N.N.W. gale was blowing,...
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 144 station life-boats 102 inshore rescue boats 1 70-foot steel life-boat on operational trials 1 44-foot steel life-boat on evaluation trials at Barry Dock LIVES RESCUED 89,437 from the Institution's foundation in...
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Back in 2012, photographer Nigel Millard took a picture of the children of Tobermory’s crew trying on their parents’ kit. Almost 5 years later, the station recreated the iconic shot. Alexander Anderson (second...
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SINCE 1931 LIFE-BOATS HAVE BEEN BUILT FOR THE RNLI BY GROVES AND GUTTRIDGE EAST COWES ISLE OF WIGHT Tel: Cowes 2561 27.
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In the House of Commons in April the Secretary of State for Defence was asked how many times in the last three years the helicopter then at Manston, Kent, had been used to assist in sea rescue operations, and how many people had been rescued...
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The small surf Life-boat on this station, the Duff, went off on the 16th January, 1871, to the brig Flora, of Poole, which had parted her anchors and gone on the beach during a strong gale from the South. Proceeding through a heavy surf to...
The speedboat Hot Banana lived up to her name on 6 July when a fire, believed to have started in the outboard engine, spread to the fuel tank and caused a major explosion.
The boat burst into flames at the entrance to... - View image in PDF
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Schoolgirl Robynne Stenner cooked up a novel way of helping the lifeboats. Ten-year-old Robynne, together with her family, helped the Midsomer and Radstock branch to man the stall at the Bath and West show in May.. - View image in PDF
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Ken Derham names Mudeford's new Atlantic 21 with enthusiasm - and drenches the crew in the process. (Photo Jeff Morris). - View image in PDF
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Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 9.30 on the morning of the 28th of December, 1960, the harbour master informed the honorary secretary that four motor fishing vessels had left harbour at three o'clock. The weather had deteriorated, and as...