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The Second Hen Island Challenge Race
The second Hen Island Challenge Race, for home-built craft which have cost no more than £25 and which have never before put to sea, was sailed in Northern Ireland last October; Portaferry D class inflatable lifeboat acted as one of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Salmon Coble
Propeller fouled AT 1050 on -Monday June 25, 1984, Pentland Coastguard contacted Wick lifeboat station's deputy launching authority with the news that a salmon coble was in difficulties off Ackergill. At 1100 the relief 48ft 6in Solent...
Here and There
AN RNLI JUBILEE FAYRE, organised by a committee representing several North Cornwall branches, will be held on the Royal Agricultural Show grounds, Wadebridge, on Wednesday, August 24.
The grounds have kindly been made...
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Moss Bay (1)
Barrow, Lancashire; and Workington, Cumberland.—At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1953, the YValney Island coastguard rang up the Barrow life-boat station to say that the steam hopper Moss Bay, of Workington, bound...
M.F.V. Sea Hawkinge
Near rocks ON WEDNESDAY EVENING June 27, 1984, the 52ft Arun relief lifeboat A. J. R. and L. G. Uridge, on temporary duty at Fishguard, was out on exercise when she heard that MFV Sea Hawk had broken down close to the rocks under Strumble...
Kirkpool, of West Hartlepool
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT FALMOUTH JANUARY 19TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL. The Falmouth motor life-boat Crawford and Constance Conybeare arrived at her station from thebuilding yard on the 7th of January, 1940. Twelve days later, on the 19th, she...
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Clogher Head, Co. Louth.—At 7.15 on the evening of the 5th of May, 1954, the Coast Life-saving Service at Skerries telephoned that two boys were stranded on an uninhabited island off Skerries.
At 7.50 the life-boat George...
Sualidaz
First rescue by FAB 3 prototype while on trials The prototype of the new Fast Afloat Boat 3 (see page 90 of this issue) carried out her first service on 29 May while returning from Salcombe to Weymouth, where she was based for some days for...
Having a Ball
Having a ball The Royal Solent Yacht club held its annual charity auction and regatta on 29 and 30 May - raising a whopping £15,480 for RNLI funds.
The weekend event which also included a ball, a barbecue lunch... - View image in PDF
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