Above: The pilot's view as he approaches his target. - View image in PDF
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THEBE'S a port beyond the sky-line, Though its lights I cannot see, But my Pilot's in the offing, And He's watching there for me.
Though my bark be old and batter'd, And is wanting many a spar, Yet He'll...
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The four- masted barque Optima, of Hamburg, stranded on the Haisborough Sands on the morning of the 19th January, and the guns fired by the Light-vessels brought several Life-boats and tugs in the vicinity to her assistance. The vessel was 2...
On the 4th August a severe gale from N.N.W. burst over this coast, and the fishing fleet, which did not return the previous evening, when the weather became threatening, was caught in the gale. The lugger Betsey Ann, of Port Gordon, N.B.,...
St Cybi (Civil Service No. 9), Holyhead, launches in storm force winds on Saturday, September I I , 1976 photograph by courtesy of J. Cave. - View image in PDF
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The homecoming - Toshiba Wave Warrior crosses the finish line in Southampton at 0339 on 16 July 1997.. - View image in PDF
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The Yarmouth LOW Life-Boat Alongside The Steam Yacht Medea On 2Nd October 1966. - View image in PDF
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Mrs Leetnan was one of many helpers who between them collected £3,500 during Belfast lifeboat day on April 25, a remarkable increase of £1,000 on last year. It was Mrs Leematfs 85th birthday.. - View image in PDF
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On the 30th December, the large American ship Britannia went ashore at Talybout, four miles from Bar- mouth, the wind blowing a hard gale from S.W. at the time. The Barmouth life-boat proceeded to her, and took off 14 men through a heavy sea...
This year the Prince of Wales, K.G., President of the Institution, was pleased to say that, in celebration of the King's Silver Jubilee, all life-boat days should be known as " Prince of Wales Day.". - View image in PDF
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