Kirkcudbright.—At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th of January, 1957, a message was received from the police that two men had put out in a small dinghy to go duck-shooting on the morning of the day before and had not returned....
Humber, Yorkshire. At 8.40 on the evening of the 19th of November, 1957, the life-boat night watchman reported seeing a red flare on the Binks. Two minutes later the Spurn Point coast- guard reported that the steam trawler Remexo, of Grimsby...
Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At eleven o'clock on the night of the 1st November, 1961, a relative of the crew of three of the motor fishing vessel Linda informed the honorary secretary that the vessel was overdue and asked for the life-boat...
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY NORWEGIAN STEAMER ALL NIGHT Thurso, Caithness-shire. At 7.10 on the evening of the 25th October, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Norwegian steamer Karen of Haugesund needed help off Dunnet...
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COVER PICTURE l ik bur-h. on the Suffolk coast, has always been famous for its lifeboatmen, the Cable family being particularly remembered. Then there are the Woods. And this quarter's cover is of Coxswain Reuben ood who was... - View image in PDF
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Longhope, Orkneys. At 3.32 p.m. on 23rd July, 1965, the motor vessel Ferndene of Sunderland was reported to have developed a dangerous list. She was off the north coast of Stroma island and her crew of seven had inflated a life-raft in...
RNLI News What's happening in and around the Institution A Message From the Director The RNLI's Director Brian Miles looks back on a successful 1991 Ceremonies Naming and dedication ceremonies around the country Built To Order, Built...
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At daylight on the 12th September the brig Phillis and Mary, of Blyth, which had been dismasted during a fearful hurricane the previous night, was observed, with signals of distress flying, off this coast. The life- boats stationed at...
Coxswain John Swan of the Lowestoft Life-boat Kentwell was called out by the beach- men at 4.30 P.M. on the 15th February and informed that a vessel was aground at the entrance to the harbour. The Life-boat was launched without loss of time,...