RAMSGATE and BROADSTAIRS.—On the morning of the 22nd October the Ramsgate Life-boat Bradford, in tow of the harbour steam-tug Aid, and the Broadstairs Life-boat Samuel Morrison Collins, proceeded to the Goodwin Sands in reply to signals of...
(Below) After her naming by Lady Aitken, the 52ft Arun lifeboat Sir Max Aitken takes guests for a demonstration trip.. - View image in PDF
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Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 1.55 on the afternoon of the 18th of March, 1961, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the Lymington police that a small boat, the Santa Anna, had capsized off Hurst Castle. Efforts...
Clogher Head, Co. Louth.—At 5 o'clock in the evening of the 4th of February, 1949, information Was received that the motor trawler Radiant Morn, of Port Oriel, which had a crew of four, was making distress signals and burn- ing flares,...
The lifeboat ale even comes highly recommended by 'The Sheep' who is Head Mower at the Aldeburgh lifeboat station garden!. - View image in PDF
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On 4 August 2010, Sue went to dinner at a house rented by some visitors. She says: ‘As I walked back home about 1am along a narrow track, I turned my ankle and heard the bone snap. I had to inch my way up the steep hill back to the house,...
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Force 11 gusting12 HEARING FROM Fishguard Coastguard at 2200 on Monday, January 13, that Michael of Famagusta, whose engine had broken down, was drifting about 18 miles off the entrance to Waterford, Dunmore East honorary secretary gave...
Injured seaman brought ashore by Scarborough D class Scarborough's D class inflatable was called on to land an injured seaman from a Dutch trawler on 10 August 1988.
Although winds were only light a thick fog reduced...
'Robin Patrol' of 2nd Glascote Guides in Tamworth recently organised a beetle drive and coffee morning - raising £50 for the RNLI in under two hours.. - View image in PDF
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AT 9.26 on the night of the 21st of October, 1955, the Southend coxswain, Sidney Page, learnt from the coast- guard that the S.S. Cardiff brook had wirelessed that she had seen a ship aground one mile north-north-west of the North-East Mouse...
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