AUG. 6TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET, AND YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 6.10 P.M.. the coastguard informed the life-boat station at Swanage that a sailing yacht had capsized off Christchurch Ledge Buoy, and the motor life-boat Thomas Markby was...
JANUARY. 7TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 10.15 A.M. a message was received from the Ramsgate coastguard that the North Goodwin Light-vessel had reported that an explosion and repeated blasts on a steamer’s siren had been heard about three miles...
FULL many a tongue and full many a pen Has told of the praise of the Life-boat men.
Their daring deeds are their country's boast, From the Shetland Isles to the Cornish coast; From treacherous quicksand and sunken rock...
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Scotland South Division Fourteen rescued A TRAWLER, Erlo Hills, ashore north west of the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire, was reported by Clyde Coastguard to the honorary secretary of Campbeltown lifeboat station at 0655 on Friday October 2,...
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Dungeness, Kent.—At 1.50 P.M. on the 21st May a local boatman reported a small motor yacht in difficulties. A moderate W.S.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The yacht was the Hyperion, of Harwich. She had been taken in tow by a Dutch...
The successful RNLI Fun Day and Regatta held in Chichester Harbour raised £5,000. The event was organised by Christopher Hoare of Chichester branch and other branches involved were Selsey, Manhood, Hayling Island and Emsworth.... - View image in PDF
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Runswick, Yorkshire.—At 6.45 oil the evening of Sunday, the 24th of Sep- tember, 1950, one of two small yachts off Kettleness Point, was seen to be in difficulties. The other was standing by. During the next thirty minutes, however, the wind...
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We ask the questions Providing lifeboats is an essential part of the RNLI, but making sure the facilities are in place to launch them is equally important. The building and upkeep of lifeboat stations and facilities is down to the shoreworks...
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'When we're needed—we're needed! And when we're needed, we'll be there!' THESE WORDS of a Swanage coxswain, logged in the station history, are a promise this little Dorset town has been proud to fulfil. Opening the...
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