MARGATE.—On the llth February a strong gale was experienced here, the wind blowing from S.S.W. accompanied by a heavy sea and thiek weather, with rain and snow. At 1.50 A.M. the Coastguard reported that the Tongue Lightvessel was firing...
The RNLI appeal print, illustrated above, measures 29 " X 25J" overall with an image size of 22 " x /Sf" and is printed in a limitededtion of 850 at £48 each, individually signed by Mark Myers and stamped by the Fine... - View image in PDF
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RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—The Lifeboat Mary Isabella was launched at 6 P.M. on the 29th January in a strong S.S.E. gale and heavy sea and succeeded in saving the crew of four hands of the schooner Useful of Barrow-in-Furness from a position of...
IT will be remembered by our Readers that on I the 25th November last the crew of the East- bourne Life-boat performed a very meritorious service. We are alluding to the rescue, under exceptionally trying circumstances, of the crew...
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Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., Chairman of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, sent a telegram of congratulations to Mr. J. C. Clarke, of Gwenfro, Greystone Park, Penmaenmawr, Caerns., who celebrated his hundredth...
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The motor life-boat Sarah Ward and William David Crosweller was launched at 8.5 P.M. on the 19th January, during a moderate S.S.E. gale with a rough sea, to the help of the motor vessel Hibernia, of Skibbereen. She had grounded on the rocks...
Montrose, Angus.—On the morning of the 12th January the Dutch motor vessel Bornrif, of Groningen, drove ashore on the Annat Bank. She was bound in ballast from Grangemouth to Montrose, and carried a crew of five.
A strong S...
Shortly before 1 A.M. on the 6th March, it was reported that a vessel about a mile to the north of the harbour was making signals of distress. There was a strong S.S.E. gale at the time and the sea was very heavy. With great promptness the...
After the opening of Troon Marina last autumn, Troon's 44ft Waveney lifeboat Connel Elizabeth Cargill took part in a combined exercise with a Sea King helicopter from 819 Squadron, HMS Gannet. photograph by courtesy of HMS... - View image in PDF
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Bridlington lifeboat, the 37' Oakley William Henry and Mary King, launches to escort fishing cobles and motor fishing vessels back to harbour through strong gale force winds: January 28, 1975.
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