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DOUGLAS, ISLE or MAN.—On the 16th September, at 1 P.M., a vessel was observed about eight miles off Douglas Head showing signals of distress. The wind *?as blowing a whole gale from the W. at the time. The No. 2 Life-boat, John Turner-...
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SICK MEMBER OF LIGHTVESSEL'S CREW SAVED Penlee, Cornwall. At 2.30 on the afternoon of the 25th June, 1963, the coastguard asked the honorary secretary if the life-boat could take a sick man from the Seven Stones lightvessel.
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Salcombe, Devon - At 8.32 p.m. on 20th April, 1967, news was received that a boy was missing from a youth hostel at Oversteps and was presumed to have fallen over the cliffs at Lambrey Point.
The life-boat Baltic Exchange,...
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It was around this time last year that the Oban lifeboat crew saved the life of an unconscious man who was trapped in icy waters between two fishing vessels in Oban harbour (see winter 2001/02 issue, p.18). The crew's pagers went off...
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Minehead, Somerset, and Life-boat 70-001 at Clovelly-At 12.50 a.m. on 24th September, 1967, it was learnt that a youth had taken out a yacht which was now drifting out to sea. The life-boat B.H.M.H. was launched at 1.12 in a light variable...
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A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
Provider A, Pilot Me and Lead Us
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 17th of March, 1955, the local fish- ing boats Provider A, Pilot Me and Lead Us were at sea in a strong north- westerly wind and a heavy swell.
About ten o'clock it was learned...
Armen
Dover, Kent. — At 11.50 on the morning of the 13th of August, 1956, the Sandgate coastguard reported that the German tanker Wilhelmina Ess- berger had requested the help of the life-boat to land survivors from the French yacht Armen. Her...
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Ramsgate, Kent.—At 1.35 on the after- 10011 of the 7th of July, 1957, a mes- ;age was received from the east pier ;hat a yacht needed help off Dumpton 3ap. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out at 1.45 in a moderate ;ea. There was a...