Union Crystal sinks JUST BEFORE 1915 on Wednesday, November 16, 1977, the honorary secretaries of both Sennen Cove and St Ives lifeboat stations were informed by Lands End Coastguard that the 499-ton coaster Union Crystal was in trouble 12...
WHEN one has, for fifteen years, held an office that any man must be proud and thankful to occupy, it is not easy to say good-bye. Yet the time has come for my retirement from the post of Secretary of the Institution, and I must take leave...
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Falmouth, Cornwall. — About 6.45 in the evening, on the 23rd of April, 1950, the police reported that a man had been found unconscious at St. Just. When he recovered he had told them a com- panion was adrift in the sailing boat Shira. At...
THE Institution has its own pavilion at the Empire Exhibition, Scotland, 1938, at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. The pavilion has been built for the Institu- tion by Sir John Burnet, Tait & Larne, architects of the...
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Bully for Kirkwall! Kirkwall Scotland North Division RNLI lorry driver George Dadson became part of an unusual lifeboat crew at Kirkwall in the middle of October.
George had arrived at the station with his 17-ton truck to...
Launch of Sennen Cove lifeboat, Ann Newbon (on station 1893-1922). Colonel Cornish, in white collar, is standing on the beach.. - View image in PDF
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When Islay lifeboat crew launched to a yachtsman in treacherous seas and force 11 winds, they couldn’t have known that their courage would result in a life saved that night – or a Medal for Gallantry
‘ My adrenaline...
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At 5.45 A.M. on the 2nd February, Coxswain John Swan was called out by the Coast-guard as a vessel was burning flares as a signal of distress. He at once assembled his crew and launched the Life-boat Kentwell, which proceeded to the New-...
Eight men plucked from fishing vesselCoxswain Albert Sutherland of the Fraserburgh lifeboat City of Edinburgh has been awarded the thanks of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution inscribed on vellum following a service in which the...
PRESENTATION GIFTS THE WESTCOUNTRY "PURITAN" SERVING SPOON A spoon of limited manufacture, produced by Wigfull's for occasions of celebration and personal importance.
A very fine example of English...
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