JAN. 30TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. The Berry had bee Head coastguard reported that rockets ward.
n seen about eight miles to the east- A moderate easterly gale was blowing, with a heavy swell. At 8.55 P.M. the motor life-boat...
Atlantic 21 saves exhausted yachtsman from breaking seas on lee shoreHelmsman Alan Clarke of the Hunstanton lifeboat has been accorded the Thanks of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution inscribed on Vellum, following the rescue of a...
The Story of a Whitby Rescue.
[The following story of a family's gratitude to the Life-boat Service appeared in the " Yorkshire Evening Post " on 5th September last, from the paper's special...
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston ladies' guild held an 'After Dinner at Eight' wine and savouries evening in June at the home of Mrs Margaret Adams (I.) at Herring fleet, St Olaves, to celebrate the presentation of a fund-raising... - View image in PDF
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How do young volunteers get involved in the RNLI of the 21st century? Life is not as simple as it used to be but the charity has a solution
Historically lifeboat stations were able to casually welcome enthusiastic...
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Four rescued HEARING, soon after 1300 on Sunday December 14, 1980, that a yacht firing red flares had been reported off Eastoke Head, Hayling Island, Crew Member Frank Dunster together with Trevor Pearce, a shore helper and first aider, and...
In November, 1944, the self-righting life-beat at Hastings was struck by a very heavy sea and capsized, throwing three of her crew overboard. She came right way up at once, and the other six men hauled the three on board again. As she...
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Cliff Rescue PEEL, ISLE OF MAN, honorary secretary was alerted at 2130 on Tuesday, June 3, by the Coastguard. A man was trapped on the cliff face 1J miles south east of Peel. He had slipped while on a bird watching expedition and slithered...
Hartlepool, Co. Durham, and Tees- mouth, Yorkshire. At 5.10 on the morning of the 13th of December, 1957, the South Gare coastguard told the Teesmouth honorary secretary that a vessel was firing rockets one mile north of the breakwater. At 5...