AT 3.49 on the afternoon of the 8th of November, 1956, the honorary secre- tary at St. David's, Dr. Joseph Soar, learnt from the coastguard that a vessel was being towed into Milford Haven and might need help. The Angle life-boat at the...
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Carried off shore LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Fleetwood lifeboat station at 1749 on Friday March 23, 1984, that a board sailor was in trouble a short distance from the shore opposite Rossall Hospital. Maroons were...
Wells: Roadway to lifeboat house (r.) was washed away in two places. RAF Wessex helicopter ferries sandbags to fill breaks. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of RNLI Enthusiasts Society, Cromer and District Research Group. - View image in PDF
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A cheque for £5,000 from the Association for Rescue at Sea (AFRAS) towards the American/British Lifeboat Appeal was recently presented by Kingman Brewster, United States Ambassador (I.) to Vice- Admiral Sir Peter Compston, chairman,... - View image in PDF
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During the Show, John Meakes, Managing Director of J. G. Meakes Ltd, presented a cheque for £105 to Captain Nigel Dixon, KN, Director of the RNLI. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of the 'Daily Express'. - View image in PDF
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A Christmas pantomime, 'Aladin', performed by the Little Theatre Charity Pantomime Company raised £2,000 for Teesmouth lifeboat. Mr R. E. H. Winterschladen, manager of the company, together with members of the cast, presented... - View image in PDF
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JAN. 7TH. - LYTHAM - ST.ANNE’S, LANCASHIRE.
A small boat was swamped.
One of her crew of two got ashore unaided.
The other could not be found.-Rewards, £11 14s..
Eleven lifeboats in biggest ever Cardigan Bay searchCrew from nine lifeboat stations were united in a search for a missing power boat at Cardigan Bay. The Coastguard coordinated an extensive search involving 11 lifeboats, a rescue helicopter...
As long ago as 1803 a Life-boat was stationed at St. Peter Port, in Guernsey, this being one of the boats built by Henry Greathead, the builder,'in 1789, of the first Life-boat. In 1861 the local Committee invited the Institution to take...
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Falmouth, Cornwall. At 9.45 on the morning of the 16th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a small canoe had capsized off Castle beach and that its two occupants were in the water. The life- boat Crawford and...