Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 10.20 in the morning of the 19th of June, 1948, while the motor life-boat City of Brad- ford I, on temporary duty at the station, was out on a practice run, the Post Office at Portmagee reported that a local fishing...
Lymington: For the rescue of two men from the fishing boat Al Mor, driven ashore on marshland in near gale force winds on December 17, 1980, Helmsman Alan Coster (c.) was awarded the bronze medal and Crew Members Peter Harvey (I.) and Simon... - View image in PDF
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THE Institution was founded on 4th March, 1824, " at a Public Meeting of Noblemen, Gentlemen, Merchants, and others, held at the City of London Tavern, His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Chair." Such is the brief record...
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On the afternoon of the 24th September the life-boat coxswain saw a small yacht crossing the Outer Sand. A strong S.S.E. gale was making, with a heavy sea and rain squalls. The coxswain kept watch on the yacht. He saw a sail carried away by...
The following address was given by the Archbishop of York at the funeral of three members of the Scarborough life-boat on 3th December, 1951.
WE have assembled this afternoon to pay a tribute of honour to the three brave...
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The appeal to, the Army, which the Institution makes each year was sent out in August, 1940. The response up to the end of February 1941, is £5562.
That is fourteen times as much as in 1939. The Army is much larger,...
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HELICOPTER LANDS BOY AFTER CLIFF FALL Holyhead, Anglesey. At 9.40 on the evening of the llth May, 1962, the police informed the honorary secretary that a boy had fallen over the cliffs at Treaddur Bay. The life-boat St. Cybi (Civil Service...
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About 4 on the morning of the 14th February three messengers from different houses in Invertown brought the Honorary Secretary the news that a steamer, which was found afterwards to be the trawler Carmania II.,...
The Sumner Lifeboat Institution, New Zealand, operates an ex-RNLI 10.9m Liverpool class lifeboat, Rescue III, and a fast jet inshore boat. Aid II. When a call-out comes, both lifeboats, a control tower and a mobile base in a Landrover are... - View image in PDF
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