H.M. COASTGUARD celebrated its 1 50th anniversary on 15th January, having been formally established in 1822 as the 'Coast Guard' following the report of a 'committee appointed by His Royal Highness The Prince Regent to enquire...
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Bridlington: On the morning of November 27, 1975, Bridlington lifeboat, the 37' Oakley William Henry and Mary King stood by, with drogue streamed, while a coble and ten motor fishing vessels entered harbour. The wind was southerly strong... - View image in PDF
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DURING the south-westerly gales of ex- traordinary violence, which burst over the south-west and south of England in the second week of July, and lasted for two or three days, eight Life-boats along the south coast were launched, and three...
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Appledore's Atlantic 21 On Exercise. - View image in PDF
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EARL HOWE, the former chairman of the Committee of Management, has been appointed honorary chairman for life of the Institution. This appoint- ment brings to an end an active period of work on behalf of the life-boat service extending over...
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DOCTOR'S MISSION At i.20 p.m. on 8th November, 1963, the local medical officer informed the honorary secretary that a patient was in need of medical attention on Inishere Island, and asked for the use of the lifeboat in case the patient...
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—On the evening of the 25th September it was reported by the coastguard that the Imperial Airways aeroplane Boadicea, bound from Croydon to Paris, was missing. She had last been seen...
GULLS MISTAKEN FOR GIRL Appledore, Devon.—At 9.27 in the morning of the 18th of August, 1947, the Westward Ho coastguard reported a girl adrift on a raft in Croyde Bay, and the motor life-boat Violet Armstrong was launched at 9,37 in a light...