ME. NORMAN N. DODDS, Member of Parliament for Dartford, asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation on the 8th of December, 1954, "if, in view of the rescue by a United States helicopter from the South Goodwin lightship when all...
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Morecambe | 4 September
When an elderly couple got trapped up to their waists in mud -with the tide coming in- Morecambe RNLI's hovercraft crew flew to the...
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At about 12.30 P.M. on the 10th of October, a schooner was seen driving dangerously near the outer end of Teignmouth bar. A strong S.S.W.
gale had been blowing all night, but it had then moderated somewhat; the seas however...
• There is a rich seam of historical booklets to report this autumn: In recent years it has been recognised that a boat specifically for lifesaving was established at Formby Point on the approaches to Liverpool as early as 1776....
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FOUR minutes after midnight on I3th December, 1963, the coxswain of the Caister life-boat, J. R. Plummer, learnt from the Gorleston coastguard that a vessel appeared to be in trouble two miles from the North Denes look- out. Coxswain Plummer...
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HAVING HEARD from Aberdovey Coastguard at 1820 on August 10, 1974, that a member of the public had reported seeing someone falling out of a motor cabin cruiser crossing [Dovey Bar to seaward, Aberdovey honorary secretary immediately...
Hunstanton 's boathouse was built n 1867. became a fisherman's store in 1931 when the station closed ana was re-opened in 1979. The view from the dunes at the lower left can be seen in the heading photograph.. - View image in PDF
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No mystery for Poirot! Despite the fact that they were filming a 'whodunnit' there was no mystery about the benefits to Salcombe lifeboat when a London Weekend Television film crew spent two weeks in the town.
The... - View image in PDF
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LISMORE ISLAND, ARGYLLSHIRE. Some American sailors belonging to a Greek ship in convoy absented themselves and went to a hotel at Port Appin on the mainland. By some means they arrived at Lismore Island, Loch Linnehe, and were eventually...
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Brighton lifeboat station I read with interest the reference in the summer issue of THE LIFEBOAT to the fact that Brighton lifeboat station was marking its own 160th anniversary in 1984 as well as that of the...
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