THE total number of launches by life- boats on service in 1960 was 714, the lives of 367 people being saved thereby.
The number of launches was appre- ciably less than in 1959, which had been a truly remarkable year, with a...
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On the 30th September, the brigantine Sybil, of Yarmouth, was run into by another vessel, whi/st riding at anchor during a gate of wind in Scarborough Roads, and seriously damaged. The crew made signals of dis- tress and a coble went off;...
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Overland 1983: The 1st Lyn (Exmoor) Scouts, with a third size replica of the pulling lifeboat, Louisa, built by themselves, re-enact the epic journey of the Lynmouth lifeboatmen in January 1899 when they took Louisa up Countisbury Hill,... - View image in PDF
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HARWICH.—On the 16th February, at 6 P.M., information was brought by a Ramsgate smack that a large vessel was ashore on the Long Sand, and that the crew were in great danger. The Life-boat Springwett immediately proceeded there, but, on...
FOUR RESCUED FROM CONVERTED SHIP'S BOAT Sheringham, Norfolk. At 10.37 on the night of the 9th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor cruiser was lying in a dangerous position about three quarters of...
Eight-hour tow in winds up to Force 9 Rosslare Harbour Ireland Division Rosslare Harbour's Arun class St Brendan was at sea for twelve hours in winds of up to Force 9 on 12 August 1988 when a yacht found herself in trouble more than 50...
Above: The Lifeboat Fund's 4 7sr lifeboat, The Princess Royal (Civil Service No 41), is put through her paces at St Ives in Cornwall. - View image in PDF
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Word came on 7 April that a dog was in trouble off Dynamite quay, St Ives – and that a man was about to try to rescue it. The tide was rushing out of the estuary, making any such attempt by a swimmer extremely dangerous. When the D class...
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