PILOT BOAT TAKES RELIEF BOAT IN TOW Clogher Head, Co. Lough. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 10th July, 1962, the honorary secretary received a message from the Baily lighthouse that the small relief boat for the Dundalk lighthouse was...
LIFE-BOAT ESCORT Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 12.2 p.m. on 27th December, 1964, a number of the life-boat crew and helpers at the watch-house saw a red flare being fired by a small boat fishing at the harbour mouth. The life-boat Tynesider...
The RAF and The RNLI at Work: The Beachy Head Lighthouse Service Described On Page 209. - View image in PDF
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Sheringham, Norfolk - At 8.25 a.m.
on :8th April, 1967, it was noted that the Sheringham crab boats were at sea and conditions were deteriorating rapidly.
The life-boat The Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows...
. . . and on her way to the 'casualty' . . .. - View image in PDF
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. . . and fitted into the engine room.. - View image in PDF
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ON SUNDAY MORNING, November 18, the 50ft Thames lifeboat stationed at Islay and the 52ft Barnett lifeboat stationed at Barra Island were capsized while going to the help of a 299 ton Danish coaster whose cargo of marble chips had shifted.<...
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Coxswain Duncan Munro And Helmsman Aileen Jones. - View image in PDF
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Relief fleet’s The Doris and Harry (see page 31) . - View image in PDF
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DEC. 9TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
At 8.15 P.M. a message was received that distress signals had been seen E.N.E. of the life-boat station. A strong S. wind was blowing, and there was a moderate ground swell. At 9 P.M. the...