Two fishing cobles put to sea from Filey at 4 A.M. on the 15th November, but became separated in the darkness. One of them returned at 9.30 A.M. and re- ported that the other, the Heather, carrying a crew of three, had not been seen for some...
The crew of Margate lifeboat are presented to Princess Margaret by Alan Wear (r.), station honorary secretary, before the service of dedication: (I. to r.) Crew Member Kenneth Sandwell, Motor Mechanic Alfred Lacey, Second Coxswain David... - View image in PDF
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Additional life-boats to come into production will include those of the 70-foot, 48-foot 6-inch Solent, 44-foot steel and 37-foot Oakley classes. The four types mentioned are shown above in that order.. - View image in PDF
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Four Elder Brethren of Trinity House visited RNLI HQ and Poole lifeboat on December 6. With members of Poole crew are (I. to r.) Lieut.-Commander K. S. Pattisson, honorary secretary, Major- General Farrant, Captain 1. R. C. Sounders, Captain... - View image in PDF
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IN this article, which appeared in the last issue of The Life-boat, it was stated that greenheart, a very hard wood of which a little is used in building life- boats, was an African wood. This was not correct. It comes from...
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Another £600 has been received from South Africa in response to Miss Pattie Price's appeal. £5°o of it comes from the Navy League War Fund of South Africa and £164 from people of Johannesburg. The total is now £2...
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Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At about 6 A.M. on the 29th January, 1938, the coastguard reported a vessel in distress and burning flares N.E. of House Sand Fort. She was the s.s. New Verdun,of Plymouth, bound from Middlesbrough for Portsmouth...
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 6.10 on the evening of the 15th of August, 1959, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the police that a man was drifting out to sea off Waterwynch Bay. At 6.18 the life-boat Henry Comber...
SEPTEMBER 24TH. - LONGHOPE , ORKNEYS. At about five in the evening the coastguard reported that a vessel needed help about a mile N.W. of Duncansby Head, and the motor life-boat Thomas McCunn was launched at 5.30. A S.E. gale was blowing,...
Lymington's Atlantic 21 was called out to the rescue of five Sea Scouts and two Scout Leaders when their canoes got into difficulties in very rough conditions on the Solent on 22 August 1992. Although photographs from the air always...