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The Aquaholics (L to R) Martyn Pitman, Adam Kyte and Tony Stankus
The Aquaholics (I to r) Martyn Pitman, Adam Kyte and Tony Stankus. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Friends, Provide Us and Serene
Cobles escorted in gale THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Flamborough lifeboat station was told by HM Coastguard at 1010 on Saturday October 15, 1983, that a number of Bridlington based open angling cobles were fishing north of Flamborough Head in...
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures Provisional figures show that in 1985 lifeboats launched 3,003 times, saving 1,351 lives.
In 1984 lifeboats launched 3,631 times (an average of nearly ten times a day) and saved 1,336 lives (an average of...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 3.10 P.M. on the 30th August a message was received reporting that a Government transport had been in collision off Rottingdean, i and was in" a sinking condition. A light S. W. breeze was blowing at the time and |...
Category: Services
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Dinghy and canoe A SAILING DINGHY with two boys on board capsized in a fresh south westerly breeze, force 5, about three miles west north west of Redcar lifeboat station on Saturday May 22. The D class lifeboat launched at 1612 manned by...
Success and Provider
FEBRUARY 28TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
The fishing fleet was out and all the boats had returned by 1 P.M. with the exception of two, Success and Provider. A strong E.N.E. wind was blowing, with seas breaking three-quarters of...
Starting Young!
The youngest-ever 'lifeboat namer' swung into action at Craster on 20 March when two-and-ahalf-year-old Adam Bagley dispensed some champagne to formally christen the station's new D class lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Standing By All Night In Gale
AT 1.40 on the afternoon of the 27th of October, 1959, the coastguard informed Coxswain Hugh Jones of Beaumaris that the Greek tanker Essar I was drifting with engine trouble and with her engine room flooded one mile north of Point Lynas....
Category: Services
Conference
Conference 155) plank and frame wooden construction. Burdensome sail and displacement-type power yachts are proper candidates.
The only overlap of applicability occurs in the case of fibreglass and aluminium. But even here...
Category: Meetings