Picture: He may look mean bui Larry the lobster raised £300 for the lifeboats. - View image in PDF
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Exmouth, Devon. At 9.57 on the evening of the 7th of June, 1959, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the police at Dawlish that a motor boat was making distress signals two miles off Dawlish.
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BooKS A lifeboating selection to inspire, thrill and ponder Asboville by Danny Rhodes Asboville may not sound like it has any relevance to the RnLi, however a lifeboat crew member plays a key part in this surprising...
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On the morning of the 9th December the coast- guard telephoned that a motor vessel was driving ashore just south of the pier. A S.S.W. gale was blowing and a very rough sea was running. The motor life-boat E.M.E.D. put out at 9.50 A.M. and...
AT 5.28 p.m. on 25th November, 1970, flares were sighted off the Hook Tower, Co. Waterford.
The life-boat Douglas Hyde slipped her moorings at Dunmore East at 5.37 in a southerly gale with a very rough...
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The Maud Smith Award for the most outstanding act of lifesaving during 1981 has been made to Coxswain Michael Scales of St Peter Port for the rescue on December 13 of 29 of the crew of the motor vessel Bonita, listing to 45 degrees in the...
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Testing tow at Port St MaryWhen the Trent class Cough Ritchie II Launched, all that the crew knew was that a fishing boat was in trouble about 20 miles south east of Port St Mary in the Isle of Man. When they discovered that it was the large...
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