AUGUST 31ST. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At about midnight the life-boat watchman saw a red flare, and on making enquiries of incoming boats he found that the motor fishing boat Onward, of Rosslare Harbour, which had been fishing at...
NORTH SUNDERLAND.— On the 24th August the Life-boat Joseph Anstice was launched to the assistance of the fishing vessel Gem, of Eyemouth, which had got ashore near that port during a strong breeze and heavy sea. The Life-boat, by timely...
DEC. 3 R D . - WALMER, KENT. The coastguard had reported flares, and the lifeboat put out, in a southerly gale, with very heavy seas and hail squalls. She found the Greek steamer Aghia Eirini. The steamer did not need the life-boat‘s help...
OCTOBER 1ST. - PETERHEAD, AHERDEENSHIRE.
A fishing boat had been reported overdue, but it was found that she had put into Aberdeen. - Rewards, £13 3s. 6d..
MARCH 1ST . - WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE. An R.A.F. Spitfire aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by a trawler and the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £6 13s..
A CENTENARY DINNER AND DANCE Was held at the Royal Hotel, Clacton, on April 21, 1978, at which Raymond Baxter, guest of honour and a member of the RNLI Public Relations Committee, presented the centenary vellum to the branch president,...
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Faster... and further The abilities of the new generation of fast lifeboats were highlighted on the very day that this page of The Lifeboat went to press - with Eyemouth's Trent Barclaycard Crusader going to the aid of a stricken fishing...
Holy Island and North Sunderland, Northumberland.
—Early on the morning of the 28th February the coastguard reported to the Holy Island life-boat station that a vessel was in distress in Goswick Bay. A north-easterly...
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The youngest-ever 'lifeboat namer' swung into action at Craster on 20 March when two-and-ahalf-year-old Adam Bagley dispensed some champagne to formally christen the station's new D class lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
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