FLARE SEEN Helvick Head, Co. Waterford. At 2.30 p.m. on 2yth December, 1964, the honorary secretary saw a flare being burnt from a small fishing boat at the approach to Dungarvan harbour. There was a strong north-easterly wind and a rough...
During the morn- ing of the 14th May an E.N.E. wind increased to a strong gale, and this, in the face of a strong ebb tide, caused a heavy sea at the harbour bar. As the fishing fleet was at sea, and the crossing could only be made at...
B.E.M. Presentation When Mr. John Davics, M.P., Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, presented awards at a ceremony at Lancaster House, London, in June, Mr. Henry Philcox, the Second Coxswain of the Shoreham Harbour life-boat, received...
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Mrs. Teresa Smellie, president of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston branch of the ladies' life-boat guild, has been made an honorary life governor of the R.N.L.I, in recognition of her 40 years' service on behalf of the life-boat... - View image in PDF
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Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 4.40 p.m. on 22nd September, 1968, the garda informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had fired a flare between the West pier and Howth. The life-boat John F. Kennedy slipped her moorings at 5 o'clock...
Brighton, Sussex. At 4.7 p.m. on 8th July, 1965, the life-guard for the east section of the beach told the beach superintendent's office that a boy on a rubber mattress was drifting seawards off Black Rock swimming pool and signalling...
Lyme Regis Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat returning from service on July 24, 1983, at the start of Lyme's Lifeboat Week. Manned by Helmsman John Hodder and Crew Members Robert Irish, Colin Jones and Brian Miller, she had launched... - View image in PDF
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Torbay: On September 22, 1983, a young man fell 60ft into the sea when rocks crumbled beneath his feet on cliffs at Babbacombe. Two friends pulled the injured man from the sea, raised the alarm and then returned with blankets. Torbay's... - View image in PDF
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Lyme Regis Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat returning from service on July 24, 1983, at the start of Lyme's Lifeboat Week. Manned by Helmsman John Hodder and Crew Members Robert Irish, Colin Jones and Brian Miller, she had launched...
The road between John O'Groats and Land's End is lined with gold—at least for charities it is. Andrew Jones (I) and Robert Denner (r), are seen here being given a send-off by the Lord Mayor of Swansea, Councillor Michael Murphy,... - View image in PDF
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