WHEN FISHERMAN John Nudds of Wells, Norfolk, and his crew, Alfred Smith and Martin Frary, were presented with letters of commendation by the RNLI for rescuing the lives of two yachtsmen in difficulties last June, their 'local', the...
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On the 6th December after dark, several of the fishing vessels of the port being known to be off it, and expected to take the bar of the river under somewhat trying circumstances, the Life- boat China was held in readiness. It was blowing a...
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 3.26 on the morning of the 9th of June, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a wireless message had been intercepted from the Panamanian steamer Buccaneer that she had caught fire after being' in collision with the...
PORTPATRICK, January 8, 1988: with her propeller fouled by her fishing gear, MFV Dumnonia was drifting on to a lee shore, four miles away in a force 8 gale and in darkness. Portpatrick's 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat Douglas Carrie...
Poppy the Springer Spaniel had a lucky escape on Valentine’s Day after chasing a seagull and falling 90m down a cliff into the sea.
Amazingly, she survived and managed to swim back to huddle at the cliff base. Newhaven’s...
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WICKLOW, IRELAND.—A branch of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has been recently founded at Wicklow, and a life-boat on Mr. BEECHING'S prize model modified in correspondence with the boats on the Institution's plan has been...
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Retiring from athletics has also made it easier for this highly successful woman to do the job she loves best: being a mum to her 5-year-old daughter (pictured above).. - View image in PDF
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The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of sen-ice on their retirement and. in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity, gratuity or...
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SEPTEMBER 16TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 11.45 A.M. an aeroplane was seen to crash into the sea, and at 11.52 A.M. the motor life-boat Edward Z. Dresden was launched. A light northerly breeze was blowing and the sea was calm. Four...
'One man can launch the Atlantic in less than a minute' 'Most of our work here is out-and-grab stuff,' said Atlantic Helmsman Richard Pearce as we looked at the floating boathouse at his station in Brighton Marina, 'and...
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