At 3.40 A.M. on the 25th February the Coastguard watchman reported that he had seen signals of distress in the direction of the Newcombe Bank. The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat Thomas Simcox was promptly summoned and the Life-boat proceeded...
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 6.43 on the evening of the 14th of October, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a local fishing boat was overdue and the relations of the crew were becoming anxious. At 8.2 the life- boat Lady...
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 2.19 early on the morning of the 18th of May, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had run on to the Goodwin Sands, inside the Xorth Goodwin buoy, and was firing rockets. At 2.38 the life- boat Greater London,...
ifeline Legacies are a vital element of the RNLI's funding, particularly for long-term capital expenditure. With signs of a decline in this source of income we examine the ways in which a legacy can indeed offer a lifeline to casualties...
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Blustery showers and dark skies could not spoil the enjoyment of all present at Portsmouth lifeboat station on 26 April 1997 when their new Atlantic 75 lifeboat was named CSMA-Fhzzell, by Mr Colin Frizzell, past chairman of the Frizzell... - View image in PDF
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Three saved from cruiser on lee shore The rescue of three people from a disabled 25ft motor cruiser, which was only minutes from being driven on to a lee shore in large seas on the Norfolk coast, has earned Coxswain Anthony Jordon of Wells...
Tow passed to coaster 400 yards from rock-bound lee shore Kirkwall - Scotland North Division Coxswain Captain William Sinclair, of Kirkwall lifeboat in the Orkneys, has been awarded a bar to his Bronze medal for a service in which the...
Poole, Dorset-At 7.15 p.m. on 2yth March, 1966, a motor launch with three members of the Parkstone Yacht Club on board, which was going to a yacht moored in the middle of the harbour, broke down and was in difficulties. There was a gale from...
The women launchers at Boulmer, Northumberland. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor? How about Butcher, Baker and Candlestick Maker? Or, in the case of the RNLI, shore helper, medic, lifeboat crew and press officer? Mention any of these jobs and...
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JANUARY 11TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY, and PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. During the afternoon information was given by the coastguard to both stations that vessels had been torpedoed or mined six miles west of Rhoscolyn. The Holyhead motor...