The West and East German lifeboat organisations have now combined to form a single lifeboat service. This is the former West German 'daughter boat' Onkel W/ffi being recovered aboard the parent vessel during a demonstration at the... - View image in PDF
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COME, now, a cheer for the Life-boat And its gallant, fearless crew; Only give them a chance, lads, And you'll see what they can do.
No matter how dirty the weather, Or how fierce the wind may blow, They're ready...
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LOUD beat the treacherous breakers on the shore; The boiling waves like mountains rise on high, Seeming to vent their wild, tumultuous roar To the dark pall that erstwhile was the sky.
The billows,...
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(Left) Just one of the cheques presented at the show - more than £95,000 from the Royal Bank of Scotland, the proceeds of the affinity credit card for the year. A delighted Ian Ventham, RNLI head of fundraising (left) receives the... - View image in PDF
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SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT YARMOUTH Nov. 14TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 8.40 in the evening a message was received at the Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, station that a vessel was ashore off the Brighstone look-out.
A fresh...
On the 5th June, during a dense fog with a rough N.E. sea running and a moderate N.E.
breeze, a full-rigged ship ran ashore on the rocks opposite the end of the head- land sea wall. As quickly as possible the crew of the No...
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.
AT about 12.5 a.m., on the 30th September, 1899, the Coastguard on duty reported to the Coxswain of the Life-boat that a vessel was showing signals of distress off Great Yarmouth.
At...
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Not such a catastrophe! A black-tipped British shorthaired kitten named 'Oakley' shows great interest in the contents of the collecting box his owner Mike Evans, honorary secretary of Loughton and District branch, uses for the... - View image in PDF
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DECEMBER 25TH. - GALWAY BAY. A British soldier coming to his wife in Aran on short leave from Italy arrived at Casla, Connemara, on Christmas Eve, but was unable to find any boat in Connemara to take him to Aran or in Aran to come and fetch...
JULY 13TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At 12.15 P.M. the coastguard at Fairlight reported that two small fishing boats were missing. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea, but the weather was getting worse, and at 12.30 P.M. the...