Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 4.1 on the afternoon of the 23rd December, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the s.s. Cheshire Coast had reported that she had a small fishing vessel in tow eight and a half miles south of...
LIFEGUARDS WORK WET SUMMER Despite the met Offi ce reporting the wettest may–July since records began, RnLi lifeguards in england were very much in demand. in particular, spring tides led to a number of mass rescues, one of which you can...
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The Old Polkerris (Cornwall) Life-Boat Now "Grey Fox" of Lyme Regis. - View image in PDF
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(See page 437). - View image in PDF
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One of the RNLI Thames lifeboats turned out to see Concorde making her final journey during April. It was an unusual event because instead of flying at an altitude of 11 miles, Concorde was 'sailing' along the Thames aboard a barge.... - View image in PDF
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Filey, Yorkshire.—At 1.45 on the after- noon of the 2nd of October. 1952, the life-boat coxswain reported that a local man had put off in his fishing coble Isabella to attend to his crab-pots in bad weather. The weather was deteri- orating...
It would have been easy to prolong our stay at St Donat's Castle and learn more of the work of the world famous United World College of the Atlantic and its multinational student population, but time and the seasons are moving on and, if...
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ALL who are connected with the Lifeboat Service will have heard with great regret of the death on the 7th of November, 1947, in his eightieth year, of Major-General the Right Hon. Lord Mottistone, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., P.C.
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On the 12th December, this Life-boat proceeded to the aid of the schooner Barldey, of Ipswich, and with great difficulty succeeded in rescuing her crew consisting of 5 men. The vessel had also struck on Benacre Point and became a total wreck...
Jan. 8.—Voted the thanks of the Insti- tution, inscribed on vellum and framed, together with the sum of 21. each, to JAMES HEARNE and three other boatmen for gallantly putting off in a boat and rescuing the crew of four persons from the...
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