Swanage, Dorset: (left) Launch of J. Reginald Corah after her naming. The Duke of Kent then embarked to make a round of Swanage Bay. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of A. G. L. Hardy.. - View image in PDF
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IN the Number (115) of the Life-boat Journal for February, 1880, there appeared a brief description of the means provided for the Pre- servation of Life from Shipwreck in the United States of America, not only on their sea coasts but on the...
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Saviours at the sand When faced with 3m swells, notorious sandbanks and a drifting, rolling fishing vessel, it cannot be easy to stay calm. But the composure and courage of a helmsman and her crew in just such conditions saved two lives -...
The fishing- coble Mary, of Hartlepool, was seen in a helpless condition drifting on the Kettleness Reefs, in the south part of Runswick Bay, soon after daylight on the 16th June, while a heavy gale was blowing from the...
Mrs G. Gordon Mowat, president of Turton ladies' guild from 1979 until her death. She was a founder member in 1957, vice president from 1957 to 1964 and honorary secretary from 1957 to 1976..
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Mrs Dorothy Ewart, vice president of the Dover ladies lifeboat guild from 1981 until her death in her 97th year. Mrs Ewart was a vice chairman from 1965 to 1974 and chairman from 1974 to 1981. She was awarded the silver badge in...
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The Lifeboat Support Centre at RNLI Headquarters houses Engineering and Supply, Finance and the Sales company but, during building work in 2003, an 18th-century Baptist burial ground was unearthed here. Analysis of the excavated remains has...
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Shortly after 5 A.M. on 24th November a vessel was observed in the bay in dangerous prox- imity to the shore. The crew of the Life-boat Marianne L. Say were sum- moned and the boat launched. The wreck was reached at 6.30 A.M. and proved to...