Valentia, Co. Cork - At 9 a.m. on 2nd March, 1966, the Marine Rescue Coordination Centre at Haulbowline informed the honorary secretary that there was a sick man on board the British tanker Esso Canterbury and that her estimated time of...
Capsized tender ON THE AFTERNOON of Tuesday December 22, 1981, Derek Scott, coxswain of The Mumbles lifeboat, was at his home overlooking the seafront when, at 1555, he heard cries for help. Scanning thebay with his binoculars he saw two men...
The RNLI's fleet of inshore lifeboats do sterling service 365 days a year - but who is responsible for the creation of such trusted workhorses? The volunteers so rightly renowned for their skill and bravery in saving lives at sea rely...
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Sennen Cove, Cornwall - At 3.55 p.m. on 23rd August, 1968, it was reported that a girl had been washed off the rocks at Land's End and a man had jumped into the sea to help her.
The life-boat Susan Ashley was launched...
crew of six men.
At 6.30 P.M.-, on the 23rd June, during a N.E. wind, and a heavy sea, the s.
Holmside, of London, was seen standing for the Cockle Gat, with a flag in her rigging. The No. 2 Life-boat, the...
THERE'S a brave and gallant host Worthy of Britannia's boast, Lions of our sea-girt coast When there's danger on the sea.
Midst the tempest's blaze and blare, Thunder roll and lightning glare, They have...
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FROM THE BOAT SHOW • Very encouraging it was, at a Boat Show just managing to weather a fuel crisis, to find on display a means of generating power relying on neither oil nor coal. Lucas/C.A.V. Marine were showing a solar battery charger for...
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llfracombe celebrated its 150th anniversary with an hour-long ceremony at the lifeboat station on the pier on Saturday September 23, 1978, when (left) a commemorative vellum was presented by Mrs Georgina Keen, a member of the Committee of... - View image in PDF
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The schooner Confidence, of Aberystwith, struck on the Dulas Rocks, about five miles from this place, during a heavy gale from the S.W., at one o'clock on the morning of the 14th Nov.,. 1871, and, on the tide receding, she was for...