Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 3.27 on the afternoon of the 31st of January, 1957, the Southend coastguard tele- phoned to say the police had been informed that flashing lights had been seen from a vessel in Machrihanish Bay. The life-boat...
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DOWN. A motor yacht had broken down in Dundrum Bay and had burnt flares, but she had been driven ashore before the lifeboat could reach her and her crew were able to land. The yacht was...
Lifeboat Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 54 Number 532 Chairman: SIR MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES CUE RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Advertisement Manager:...
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100 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT, May 1890 issue THE LIFE-BELT USED BY THE CREWS OF THE LIFE-BOATS OF THE NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt are:- 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy...
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Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 11.15 on the morning of the 26th of April, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a motor barge needed help one mile north-east of the North Knob buoy. At 11.36 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil...
Sunderland, Co. Durham. — At 3.30 P.M. on the 17th August, 1938, the deputy dockmaster telephoned to the life-boat coxswain that a small boat was in distress. A N.W. gale was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat Edward and...
Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire - At 7 p.m. on May 29th, 1966, flares were reported in Aberdaron Bay. The IRB, which was launched at 7.5 in a calm sea, proceeded to Aberdaron and found the auxiliary yacht Perichole with engine trouble. The...
Swedish lifeboat arrives for trials The Swedish Victoria class lifeboat, which is to be trialled by the RNLI as part of the RNLI's Lifeboats 2000 boat development programme, arrived in Poole on 15 February.
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THE value of the house-to-house collection is well known to experienced Life-boat workers, as one of the simplest, most economical, and most effective methods of appeal. It is used with particular success in the North of England. When the...
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