" Bill" Adams of the Goodwins died at Deal in 1926. The tempestuous weather round our coasts which heralded 1930 has spoken loudly to us of him and of his dauntless successors.
I WILL ADAMS of the Goodwin Sands !...
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FEBRUARY 6TH and 9TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL. At 8.40 at night the coastguard telephoned that red rockets had been fired by a vessel three miles north-west of St.
Agnes Head, and the motor life-boat Caroline Oates Aver and...
At 4.30 p.m. on I4th April, 1967, news was received that the fishing boat Lively Hope had stranded north east of Amble harbour without fuel. The life-boat Millie Walton was launched at 9 o'clock in dense fog in a light north-westerly...
Crew's 'fine teamwork' during 16-hour service The crew of Wells Mersey class lifeboat Doris M. Mann of Ampthill have been commended following a 16-hour service which 'was dominated by a fine display of teamwork' in winds...
SOUTHEND, ESSEX.—During a heavy gale from the S.W., on the 8th December, the Dutch schooner Wietska parted both anchors and chains and drove ashore onthe Knock Sands off Shoeburyness. In response to her signals of distress the Life-boat Boys...
HARWICH.—On the 29th December, fires having been seen in the direction of the Platters Sand, the Life-boat Spring-well was launched, and after proceeding some distance, was taken in tow by the steamtug Liverpool. The signals were found to...
The boats of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION and all belonging to them are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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APRIL 3RD. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. A collier was reported to have been machine-gunned by German aeroplanes, but could not be found. News was received later that a collier had passed, going west, without lights, and the life-boat was...
Stornoway: The re-dedication and blessing of the 52ft Arun RNLB Sir Max Aitken II by The Reverend Roderick Morrison on July 25. The lifeboat was named by HRH Princess Alexandra at Cowes last February. photograph by courtesy of Hebridean... - View image in PDF
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IN 1931 no fewer than 686 Branches held Life-boat Days, as compared with 672 in 1930 and 616 in 1929. The actual number of Days was still larger, for many Branches cover a wide area and include several districts, each of which holds its own...
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