. . . before performing the ceremony, Commander Ralph Swann was presented by former Weymouth coxswain Mr F. J. Palmer with a framed photograph o/Tony Vandervell in Portland Race. With them are Lieut.- Commander B. F. Morris, honorary... - View image in PDF
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the end of another successful service for Coxswain Derek Scott (right) and two of his crew, Garry Ridd and Jack Whitford. - View image in PDF
photographs by courtesy of 'South Wales Evening Post'. - View image in PDF
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston's new 44ft Waveney lifeboat, Barham, with Lowestoft lifeboat, the 47ft Watson Frederick Edward Crick in attendance. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of 'Yarmouth Mercury'. - View image in PDF
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BARMOUTH.— On the 27th January, during thick weather and a strong N.W.
wind, a small steamer signalled for a pilot, but the sea was too rough for an ordinary boat to cross the bar. The vessel was evidently a stranger, and...
JULY 21ST. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 1.30 in the afternoon the motor life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched to attend the Curracloe Regatta.
The sea was rough, with a strong southsouth- westerly wind blowing...
Surf ski rider HM COASTGUARD informed the deputy launching authority of St Agnes ILB station at 1626 on Sunday, July 17, 1977, that a surf ski rider was in difficulties off Porthtowan, about 3'/4 miles south west from St Agnes. The DLA...
Howth, Co. Dublin.—At seven o'clock on the night of the 3rd of February, 1950, a local fisherman reported that the fishing boat Paragon, of Arklow, had gone on the rocks off Ireland's Eye.
At 7.13, therefore, the...
On the after- noon of the 3rd March a man told the coxswain that a boat was drifting off Howth. A strong N.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea.
The motor life-boat Lady Kylsant put out at 3.10 P.M., and about three...
Foresters Friendly Society, which has an enduring relationship with the RNLI, is sponsoring the RNLI Heritage Trust through 2011.
The sponsorship coincides with the RNLI being chosen by the Society’s High Chief Ranger,...
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The s.s. Brighton, of Newcastle, whilst bound from the North for Calais "on the llth June, stranded on Deal Bank. The vessel was observed from the shore, and the Reserve Life-boat, which is at present stationed at Deal, was launched...