First rescue by FAB 3 prototype while on trials The prototype of the new Fast Afloat Boat 3 (see page 90 of this issue) carried out her first service on 29 May while returning from Salcombe to Weymouth, where she was based for some days for...
Roll out the barrel! Pub teams rolled a barrel filled with 22 gallons of water along three miles of road. The barrel-push, by six teams of six runners, was to raise money for the new Loweslofl lifeboat appeal and the Licensed Victuallers'... - View image in PDF
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These dramatic photographs capture an incident on Friday 13 January 1989 when the fishing vessel Boy Andrew ran into a narrow gulley at Trebister Ness on Westray in the Shetlands. Lerwick's Arun Soldian took the crew off by Y boat and... - View image in PDF
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There was plenty to smile about at Great Ormond Street Hospital following, a gala dinner at the Mirabelle Restaurant. The occasion was the restaurant's 50th anniversary and the dinner was held in aid of the RNLl. The Chef Patisserie Nick... - View image in PDF
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JAN. 11TH. - SUNDERLAND, CO. DUR.
HAM. At about 5.30 P.M. a message was received from the South Docks that a vessel close to the shore was burning red flares. A N.N.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and snow showers....
SEPT. 7TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
At 10 P.M. the life-boat station was informed by the coastguard that the steam trawler Commander Nasmith was ashore on the north side of Stroma. A later message said that the vessel was...
Festive funds Dudley branch chairman, Karl Falk, gave up his Christmas Day and New Year's Eve to collect cash in memory of the lifeboat crew members who lost their lives in the Penlee disaster 18 years ago.
Karl... - View image in PDF
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AUGUST 3lST. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD.
At 10 P.M. lamp signals were seen from a position two miles E.S.E. of Small Saltee Island, and the motor life-boat Ann Isabella Pyemont was launched at 11.15 P.M.
A...
MAY 2 8TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 5.50 P.M. a telephone message was received from the Milford Haven naval base that a soldier had fallen over the cliff at Mill Bay. The weather was fine with a northerly wind and a...
NOVEMBER 14TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. At 2.50 in the afternoon, the Admiralty salvage officer at Bangor reported, through the coastguard, that two salvage lighters, with crews on board, were drifting ashore in Belfast...