Last Summer, RNLI lifeguards and lifeboat crews saved the lives of 82 children and teenagers – but they can’t prevent every drowning, as mum-of-two Bethany Hope reports
Tragedy hit the...
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The s.s. Cedarwood, of Middlesbrough, whilst bound from Grimsby to Hayle with a cargo of coal, ran ashore on the Hayle Bar when attempting to enter the harbour on the 23rd December. Signals of distress were made, and the Life-boat Admiral...
A leading object of this publication being to draw attention to the deplorable loss of life from shipwreck which periodically takes place on our shores, we propose, in our pre- sent Number, to take a brief general review* of the subject, for...
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Edward Wilson, better known as Dr Billy Seaton in BBC TV's "When the Boat Comes In', opened last year's harbour fete at Seahouses on August Bank Holiday Monday. The money raised at this annual event increases each year and... - View image in PDF
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The Life-boat Charles and Susanna Stephens saved the crew of three hands of the barge Challenge, of Weymouth, during a strong N.E. gale and very heavy sea, on the 12th April. The barge, whilst bound from Portland to London with a cargo...
SEA Check under way The RNLI's Sea Safety team has been helping to educate sea users of all kinds since the initiative was first launched some four years ago, but it is now breaking new ground with its SEA Check scheme.
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IN THE ACCOUNT of the service by Padstow lifeboat to the coaster Skopelos Sky which appeared in the summer edition of the journal, there was an unusual addendum. Unlike most reports that begin with words to the effect that 'the lifeboat...
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Lack of knowledge is thought to be the root cause of most deaths in UK and Irish waters, and the RNLI'sSea Safety mission is to counter this. GarethWeekes reportsA relatively new strand of the RNLI's work, Sea Safety was a response...
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On the 9th April the small steam-tug the Vixen, of Shields, was ob- served at anchor in a heavy sea from .E.N.E., with a flag of distress flying. The Cromer Lifeboat, the Benjamin Band Cabbett, was launched through a heavy surf to her...