Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 10.30 on the morning of the 4th December, 1961, the harbour master informed the honor- ary secretary that one of the fish mer- chants had heard that the motor fishing vessel Janet had steering trouble. As the...
St. Abbs, Berwickshire. — On the morning of the 20th August a strong gale blew up from the south-east, with driving rain and a rough sea. As the local motor fishing boats Victory and Billows Crown were still at sea, the motor life-boat Helen...
Penlee: The champagne bottle breaks as the 52ft Arun Mabel Alice was named in Newlyn on July 18. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Andrew Besley. - View image in PDF
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Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—The motor life-boat Langham was launched at 11.22 A.M. on the 22nd May, as information had been received through the coastguard that the yacht Bendilow, of Portsmouth, was in a dangerous position near Sandown pier....
JUNE 30TH. - SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL.
At 8.18 in the evening, information was received from the Longships Lighthouse, through Land’s End Radio and the coastguard, that a boat was adrift about half a mile north-west of the...
The United States Ambassador in London, Charles H. Price II (I), hosted a reception on October 2 to celebrate the 160th anniversary of the RNLI. HRH Princess Alexandra, accompanied by her husband, the Honourable Angus Ogilvie, was the guest... - View image in PDF
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Yacht stranded ON PASSAGE from the Isle of Whithorn to Kippford on Wednesday, August 24, the 23' yacht Albino mistook the entry into the Urr Estuary and went to the west of Almorness Point, driving into the shallow Orchardton Bay. On...
The Institution has received cheques from two ladies wlao are now both 84 years old, but still coatiau* to collect for it. One cheque comes from Mrs. L. M. Smith, of Gedling, the honorary organiser for a district of the Nottingham branch,...
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Support for the American!British Lifeboat Appeal is growing on both sides of the Atlantic. In New York last September, after a Silver Jubilee performance by the Band of the Grenadier Guards and the Pipes and Drums of the Scots Guards, a... - View image in PDF
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There was a wealth of models at the show—and a wealth of knowledge for all who liked to ask photograph by courtesy of 'Western Morning News'. - View image in PDF
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