I WAS just finishing my tea and con- gratulating myself that we had no calls for a fortnight, although it was winter and a stormy one at that, when the news came. There was a loud, sharp knock at the door. Bess (my wife) looked up from...
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OCTOBER 12TH. - THE LIZARD, CORNWALL.
At 6.10 in the evening information was received from the coastguard that a small steamer was flashing an S.O.S., and the motor life-boat Duke of York was launched at 6.37. A fresh...
It Moosed be a mistake! No-one in the RNLI's membership department had an inkling that Mr A. Moose of the Station Hotel, Hurworth Place near Darlington was anything other than a normal, valued member - and the landlord of the Station... - View image in PDF
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Plymouth, Devon - At 5.15 p.m. on 22nd June, 1966, the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Roivse proceeded to Mount Wise pier to meet the Commander- in-Chief, Plymouth, and Lady Talbot who were to go out on exercise with the boat. At 5.45,...
Seaham, Durham - At 7.33 p.m. on 22nd December, 1967, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that flares had been sighted south of Seaham. The life-boat Amelia, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 7.38 in a strong south...
Going aboard Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse II in Millbay Docks, the Duke of Kent met Captain T. G.
Hornsby (left), chairman Plymouth branch, Ray Sainsbury, honorary secretary, and Coxswain John... - View image in PDF
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Zetland, the oldest survmg lifeboat is of the Greathead type and was built in 1800. - View image in PDF
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On the 12th December the Thurso life-boat rescued the crew of 15 men from the barque Graces, of Shields, which was dragging her anchors in Thurso Bay, and had hoisted a signal of distress.
Bridlington lifeboat, the 37' Oakley William Henry and Mary King veers down on her anchor in an attempt to help FV Hannah Louisa stranded in gale force south-easterly winds and very rough seas on March 13. The fishing vessel's crew... - View image in PDF
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Islay lifeboat gets all the votes: October 10, 1974, 2345. Assistant Coxswain Alastair Campbell and crew deliver Colonsay and Jura ballot boxes for the second time in the lifeboat service's 50th Anniversary year after a four-hour night... - View image in PDF
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