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At 9.5 P.M. on 22nd February, the Blakeney Coxswain was informed by the Coastguard that a flare had been seen between Blakeney and Wells.
The Pulling and Sailing Life-boat Caroline was launched at 9.45 P.M. in a moderate...
St John
The Life-boat James Stevens No. 16 saved the yawl St. John, belonging to Ballinagoul, and her crew of four hands during a strong W.N.W. gale with heavy squalls on the 13th January. The vessel had been trawling near Ballina- courty...
Porta Coeli
WHITSTABLE, October 27, 1987: the station's Atlantic 21 shepherds the yacht Porta Coeli into harbour after she had fired distress flares, drifting near the Spaniard buoy. She had suffered engine failure and her lone occupant had been in...
Hero
On the evening of the 6th July a small trawler, the Hero, hailing from Rhyl, anchored in Llandudno Bay. There was a strong N.N.W. breeze blowing, with a rough sea, and at 7.40 P.M.
the men on board hoisted a signal of...
M.F.V. Dumnonia
PORTPATRICK, January 8, 1988: with her propeller fouled by her fishing gear, MFV Dumnonia was drifting on to a lee shore, four miles away in a force 8 gale and in darkness. Portpatrick's 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat Douglas Carrie...
Bronze Medals for Two Scottish Coxswains. St. Andrews, Fifeshire and Thurso, Caithness-Shire
St. Andrews, Fifeshire, and Thurso, Caithness-shire.
Two gallant services were carried out by Life-boats in Scotland during March., one by the Pulling and Sailing Life- boat at St. Andrews, Fifeshire, and the other by the...
Category: Medals
Still Available Souvenirs of the 150th Anniversary
SOUVENIRS OF THE 150th ANNIVERSARY John Sunday Lifeboat Jubilee Rose bushes, price 80/ each (carriage and packing 35p per order). Order forms from RNLI, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset, BH 5 HZ..
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Record at Baltimore
A small girl was startled to see someone placing a cheque for £100 in her collecting box during the R.N.L.I. flag day collection at Baltimore. With the help of this cheque, a record collection was made at Baltimore for the...
Category: Donations
Your Chance to Win
Enter the autumn 2005 Lifeboat Lottery for a chance to win the star prize: a Proton GEN-2 1.6 CSX car, kindly provided by Proton Cars UK Ltd. You could also win one of eight cash prizes ranging from £100 to... - View image in PDF
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