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High speed tow foR trimaran At first glance there doesn't seem anything unusual about the top photo aboard a fast-moving trimaran (right) - but the second shot shows that her nineknot speed is down to an Atlantic on the other end of the...
Mary
BARGE HELPLESS IN A GALE Appledore, Devon.—Shortly after eight on the evening of the 17th of January, 1948, the barge Mary, belonging to Appledore, was seen to be burning flares for help west of Keelstone Rocks, Instow, and the motor...
Adventure and a Coble
COBLE WAS ESCORTED Newbiggin, Northumberland. At 9.50 a.m. on 23rd October, 1964, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that the weather was becoming worse and that two cobles were still at sea. At 10.10 the life-boat Richard Ashley was...
A Canadian Ship, H.M.S.C. Regina, and The Liberty Ship Ezra Weston
AUGUST 9TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
About 10.15 on the night of the 8th of August a message was received, through the coastguard, from a convoy that a ship was in distress and a pilot was needed. The night was very foggy, but...
His Royal Highness Prince Philip One of the First Visitors to the Rnli Stand Was Shown the Atlantic 21 By Major-General Ralph Farrant Chairman of the Institution and An Il
His Royal Highness Prince Philip, one of the first visitors to the RNLI stand, was shown the Atlantic 21 by Major-General Ralph Farrant, chairman of the Institution, and an ILB crew member from Southwold, Roger Trigg.. - View image in PDF
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The Institution's Income at a Glance
How each £100 of the Institution's Income was obtained in 1931.
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43 14 0 »«« •—•••———•••—••«« Subscriptions, Donations, and Life-boat...
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Lady Luck
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 4.15 on the morning of the 24th of February, 1955, the police rang up to say that the 16-feet outboard motor boat Lady Luck, of Morecambe, which had put out with two men on board, was overdue.
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Thurso, Caithness-shire.—At half past ten on the morning of the 1st of Febru- ary, 1950 the honorary secretary of the Wick life-boat station telephoned that a doctor wanted to be conveyed to Stroma, where medical aid was urgently needed. He...
The British Whale-Factory Ship Balaena
WHALE FACTORY SHIP AGROUND Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.— At 10.26 on the night of the 14th of May, 1947, the coastguard telephoned a report from the Newarp Light-vessel that a vessel was aground on Winterton Bridge, three miles...
Rivergate
Skegness, Lincolnshire. At five o'clock on the morning of the 29th of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that four survivors of the motor vessel Rivergate of Hull were on board the Inner Dowsing light- vessel and...