JUST after four in the morning of 8th February, 1934, the life-boat station at Runswick, Yorkshire, re- ceived a message from the coastguard that distress signals were being fired five miles N.N.E. of Staithes Nab. A gale was blowing from...
Category: Obituaries
Ken Black rounds the Needles on his way to breaking the record time for circumnavigating the Isle of Wight on a sailboard. The challenge is laid down by Carlsberg who, because Ken was to donate his prize money to the RNLI, doubled the amount... - View image in PDF
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Diver, journalist and DIY convert Monty Halls tells Rory Stamp why he chose the simple life – and why he will always be grateful to the RNLI
When I step into Monty’s small Bristol office, I’m confronted with a toothy grin...
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Steering failure LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of New Brighton lifeboat station at 1400 on Sunday August 29, 1982, that the yacht Ocea was acting in an erratic manner and appeared to be in difficulties just north of...
ABOUT 9.45 on the morning of the 16th of April, 1960, a rubber and canvas collapsible canoe, which had left Burn- ham Overy Staiths for Blakeney, Nor- folk, capsized in the surf off Blakeney Point. There were two men on board, who were...
Category: Awards
DUNGENESS, KENT.—On the 6th April the Coastguard watchman informed the coxswain of the Life-boat B.A.O.E. that a large steamer had stranded on the Newcome Sand. He at once summoned the crew and at 6.15 p.m. the boat was launched. A strong...
Margate, Kent. — At 11.15 in the morning of the 28th of November, 1948, during a dense fog, the coast- guard rang up to say that the skipper of a motor boat had reported passing the local fishing vessel Kathleen near Longnose Buoy and that...
The last launch of the Adrianne de Bruine at Ameland. - View image in PDF
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THE Institution is having for sale this year two Christmas Cards, one in colours, the other in black and white, and a pocket calendar.
The card in colour will have a reproduction of a painting by the late Mr. L. Wyllie, R.A...
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JOHN W. BAYES, M.B.E., honorary secretary at Flamborough from Sep- tember 1920 to July 1954, died on the 24th of November, 1954. For his long and valued services the Institution awarded him binoculars in 1931 and the gold badge in 1948. In...
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