(In the last issue of The Life-boat, in the account of the Inaugura Ceremony of the new Motor Life-boat at Piel, a photograph of the old boat-house was reproduced in mistake for the new one.). - View image in PDF
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Weymouth, Dorset. At 11.39 on the morning of the 27th of January, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the coaster Tjoba of Groningen was making heavy weather two miles west of Portland Bill. When the life-boat Frank...
On the 2nd November, the barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland, ran ashore at Seaton Carew, in a heavy N.N.W. gale; the life-boat at that place was quickly launched and took off 5 of her crew; 6 others had previously effected a safe landing in...
FEBRUARY 10TH. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
About 10.45 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat was in difficulties half a mile east of Blyth pier, and at eleven o’clock the motor life-boat Joseph Adlam was...
(4)—Crew rowing out to the life-boat in the 25-foot boarding boat. Seven launchers run on before the crew, to pull the boarding boat into the landing stage ready for the crew.. - View image in PDF
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Fred Walkington (I.) and Brian Bevan. Fred Walkington joined Bridling ton lifeboat crew in 1965 and was appointed coxswain in 1975; he was awarded the bronze medal in 1979. Brian Bevan was a member of Bridlington lifeboat crew from 1967 to... - View image in PDF
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Member, Order of the British Empire Lawrence Grove MBE Morton and Port Eynon lifeboat station. - View image in PDF
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ON the night of 1st November, 1919, the North Deal Life-boat was launched the rescue of an Esthonian three- masted schooner, the Toogo, which was, wrecked on the Goodwin Sands.
A whole gale was blowing, which rose times to...
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Left: The lifeboat crew help (he third casualty into the lifeboat as his tWO friends look On. F-Kture DenmsWeller. - View image in PDF
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CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND.—The Life-boat which has done duty at Cress- well since 1889 has been replaced by a new boat of the self-righting Ruble type, 34 ft. long by 8 ft. wide, fitted with one water-ballast tank and rowing 10 oars double...
Category: Inaugurations