Crowded hour THE OUTBOARD ENGINE of an inflatable dinghy broke down just as she was clearing Shoreham Harbour eastern breakwater on the afternoon of Sunday, August 1. A message came from HM Coastguard at 1521, saying that the dinghy, with...
On the night of the 23rd August the steamer Lady Ann, of Sunderland, whilst bound from that port to London with a cargo of coal, stranded on the Shipwash Sands.
At about 7.30 next morning the Coast- guard reported the...
• The Hovercat Mk. 2 multipurpose amphibious hovercraft (Hovermarine Transport Ltd., Hazel Wharf, Hazel Road, Woolston, Southampton) has a wide range of roles.
The Hovercat depicted above is fitted out for casualty...
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THE Institution will again have a Christmas card and a pocket calendar for sale. The card will be a reproduction in colour of the picture on this page.
It is a photograph of the 42' Aldeburgh life-boat The Alfred and...
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Rabbi Jonathan Remain (centre right) and other ministers get ready for their sponsored joking session.. - View image in PDF
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All in a season's work RNLI Divisional Inspector Colin Williams gives a round up of all things operational this Spring in the island of Ireland Our crews experience everything that the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean can muster, as...
/n the 7 74 /ears of the RNLI's existence, only 1 19 gold medals for gallantry have been awarded. That in itself is a measure of how jealously the Institution guards the honour, reserving it for acts of bravery in circumstances beyond...
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50 years ago LIFE-BOAT BULLETIN No.24 1946 A year of peace In the twelve months from the end of the war in Europe on 8 May 1945, life-boats rescued 677 lives.
That is an average of 56 lives a month and is only 50 lives less...
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JANUARY 18TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
An easterly gale was blowing with a heavy sea, and at 2.20 P.M. the coastguard reported that some small fishing boats were still at sea. The motor life-boat Julia Park Barry of...
On 4 August 2010, Sue went to dinner at a house rented by some visitors. She says: ‘As I walked back home about 1am along a narrow track, I turned my ankle and heard the bone snap. I had to inch my way up the steep hill back to the house,...
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