tHen AnD nOw Capital gains In 1927, London ‘life-boat’ day was a huge operation, supported by the Lord Mayor of London and many of the borough mayors. Four thousand collectors, mainly women, worked from 150 temporary...
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Small boats in trouble Tenby - West Division Tenby's D class inflatable Charlie B was called to three small-boat casualties in two days during the late spring bank holiday when strong westerly winds reached Force 8. Two calls on one day...
COVER PICTURE by Maggie Murray The four Bronze Medallists arrive at the Festival Pier before the Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards. Full details in the report on page 194 in this issue.
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THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 154 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to March 31st, 1953 - 78,157 Barge Sunk in the Thames Estuary Silver Medal Service by...
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POHTHDINLLAEN, NORTH WALES. At 11 o'clock on the night of the 6th Sept., 1884, the coxswain of the Life-boat, took up his station at the watch-house, so as to be in readiness should the ser- vices of the boat be required, as the wind was...
Cargo vessel alert AT 0450 ON FRIDAY. October 16, 1987— the day Britain was hit by the worst storms for 200 years—the coaster Union Mars reported to coastguards that she had suffered steering failure three miles south south east of St...
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Tenby, Pembrokeshire, and Minehead, Somerset.—At 7.40 on the morning of the 22nd of December, 1955, the Tenby coastguard rang up the Tenby life-boat station to say that the motor vessel Cornel, of Cardiff, bound for Bristol with a cargo of...
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...