On the 11th February, the Yarmouth surf life-boat went off in reply to signals of distress from a vessel on the North Beach. A heavy gale was blowing from the S.S.E. at the time. When the life- boat arrived alongside, the sea was making a...
LIZARD.—The Life-boat Edmund and Fanny, stationed at Folpear, was launched at midnight on the 10th of March, during a moderate gale from the S.S.E. and a heavy ground swell, and rescued the crewof seventeen men from the barque Lady Dufferin,...
Inshore lifeboat dedications . . . Glyn Williams, DOS (Wales), extreme right, at the service of dedication, attended by about 2,000 people, of a new Atlantic 21, Blue Peter II, at Beaumaris on Sunday, August 29, 1976. Standing with him are... - View image in PDF
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A cheque for over £430, representing money raised through sponsored swimming by adults and children, being handed over to Commander F. H. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R., the newly appointed Chairman of the Institution, by Mr. D. Saxon-Harrold... - View image in PDF
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OCTOBER 14TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. Rockets had been reported some miles S.S.E. of Greenore Point, but when it was learned that a convoy had been attacked well over on the Welsh side of St. George’s Channel the life-boat was...
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—The motor life-boat Stanhope Smart was launched at 4 P.M. on the 2nd August to the help of the fishing boat Hyperion, with a crew of five, which was in difficulties owing to engine trouble. A moderate S.E. wind was...
The Listings section of this magazine shows just how often RNLI lifeboats launch. Here is a selection of the wide-ranging stories behind the statistics and, overleaf, full details of those rescues that merited formal awards Ex-lifeboat saved...
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The Medallists: (I. to r.) Matt Lethbridge, BEM, Antony Warnock, Trevor England, David Bliss, Thomas Cocking, Senior, Thomas Walsh, Mrs Dorothy Pengilly who received the medal awarded to the late Eric Pengilly, John Devereux, John Petit,... - View image in PDF
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At 6 A.M.
on the 8th April the Coastguard re- ported that a three-masted steamer was ashore on the north side of Rattray Head. The No. 1 Life-boat George Pickard was launched without delay and proceeded, under sails, to the...
The R.N.L.I. maintains a fleet of reserve life-boats, and last year boats built as far back as 1930, 1933, 1935 and 1939 were included. It is after a period in the reserve fleet that such life-boats are put up for private sale. The life-boat... - View image in PDF
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