Swanage, Dorset.—-At 7.20 in the evening, on the 2nd of September, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a small racing yacht with a crew of three was long overdue. It had last been seen four miles east of Peveril Point. At 7.40 the life-boat...
Christmas cakes are Mrs Ann Martin's speciality and every year she bakes one and presents it as a raffle prize to Denis Morgan, honorary secretary of Shoreline club No 4 in Milton Keynes. So far £200 have been raised by her generous... - View image in PDF
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On the 16th October the HOD. Secretary of this branch received a telegram from the Coastguard Station north of Montrose that a vessel was standing for the harbour with a signal of distress flying. It was then Wowing hard from S.E., with a...
'OUTBOARDS MARINER DOESNT JUST PROMISE RELIABILITY it proves it! If you're considering buying an outboard, whatever the size, you'll have noticed that almost every manufacturer promised GREATER RELIABILITY as an important reason...
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THE Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting of this truly important and national Society was held at the United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard, London, on the 18th of May. In the absence of His Grace THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, K.G., its President,...
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AUGUST 10TH. - CLOVELLY, AND APPLEDORE, DEVON. At three in the afternoon the Hartland Point coastguard telephoned to the Clovelly life-boat station that a small tug had foundered a mile northwest of the point. A moderate north-west breeze...
Mr. Michael Elder has succeeded admirably in his task of presenting anew a number of the great rescues carried out by men of the life-boat service. These are contained in For Those in Peril (John Murray, 18s.).
Most of the...
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75 years ago From THE LIFEBOAT of 1921 The Ladies' Life-boat Guild.
THE Institution has owed in the past, and still owes, so much to the generous and devoted service of women, that the Committee have long thought that...
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NOVEMBER 30TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 11.30 at night the Deal coastguard reported a vessel aground on the Goodwin Sands. A south-easterly wind was blowing and the sea was rough. The motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was...
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 250 Life-boat Stations...
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