Yesterday: Norman Clark launches from her carriage on a bleak day with snow on the ground and dusting 'The Law', rising majestically above the town. Lifeboat crew and shore helpers would have come mostly from fishing... - View image in PDF
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(Left) Four dogs, including the Newfoundland in this photograph, helped Bristol Central branch on their flag day last October. - View image in PDF
Between them they collected H20.. - View image in PDF
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Right: Arklow crew aboard their Trent class lifeboat Ger Tigchelaar help charity swimmer Patrick Kelly after he got into difficulties during a Lion's Club St Stephen's Day swim. - View image in PDF
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MARCH MEETING NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
Shortly before eight in the morning of the 23rd January, 1940, three motor fishing boats, each with three men on board, saw the British steamer Baltanglia and the Norwegian...
Category: Services
MONTBOSE.— The smack London, of Jersey, was in great danger at 1.30 P.M.
on the 18th March, having steered too far north while making for Montrose. The No. 1 Life-boat, Mincing Lane, having been launched, took up a position...
GOURDON, KlNCARDINESHIRE. The fishing lugger Dauntless, of Gourdon, was returning to port with her catch of fish on the afternoon of the 16th November.
The wind was blowing from the S.S.E.
and the sea,...
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 1.20 p.m. on 8th June, 1966, an R/T message was received from the m.f.v. Provider stating she had sprung a serious leak about seven miles north east of Whitby. The life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth launched at 1.25 in a...
Only a few of the fishing cobles belonging to Newbiggin went out to sea on the 26th March as the sea was rough.
Towards low tide the landing became dangerous and some of them had diffi- culty in coming in. As there were...
Mrs Mary Barker - Stokesley and Ayton District Guild President George Cole - Former Eastbourne Crew Member Tom Cozens - Calshot Deputy Launching Authority Mrs Hazel George - Plymouth Guild Honorary Secretary Sir John Grady - Life Vice...
Category: Obituaries
Margate, Kent.—On the afternoon of the 10th of February, 1957, the life- boat Cunard was on passage from Brightlingsea to Margate to carry out temporary duty. At the entrance to the River Colne the coxswain saw a man standing up in a motor...