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On the morn- ing of the 15th January, a man ran from Dunwich to Southwold to the house of the coxswain of the life-boat of the National Institution, and informed him that a boat was driving down from Dunwich with men in her, and was fast...
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At one o'clock in the afternoon of the 20th of Novem- ber, 1949, the St. Anthony coastguard reported that a sailing boat was making for Portscatho. The weather was bad and she was in a dangerous position.
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Three yachtsmen saved from Buxey Sands in heavy weather The crew of Clacton's relief Atlantic 21 and Walton and Frinton's Solent lifeboats have received letters of thanks from the RNLI's chief of operations following a joint...
THE following summary of eight months' work by a new honorary secretary, Miss G. Coventry, of Milford- on-Sea, Hampshire, deserves to be put on record.
A year ago Miss Coventry bought an old life-boat (the Mevagissey,...
Category: Articles
Three members of Eyemouth Lifeboat Station represented the RNLI at the Annual National Service for Seafarers held at the end of 2015 at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. Each year, the RNLI nominates a different regional division to attend and...
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MANY of our readers will have learned by the newspapers that for some time past discontent has existed amongst our merchant seamen, chiefly on the ground of their being liable to imprisonment for re- fusing, after signing articles, to...
Category: Articles
— On the 26th September, the ketch Garside, of Bridge- water, was wrecked during a gale of wind off Pembrey. The life-boat City of Bath was at once launched, and saved 2 out of 3 of the crew. The mate of the vessel had previously endeavoured...
The Owner of Cap Lizard (Centre) Comes Ashore With The Lizard-Cadgwith Life-Boat Crew. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
From 1851 the test of self-righting ability has been simple ana" thorough:' Capsize the boat,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs