THE MASTER of the tug Superman asked Wells Coastguard for lifeboat assistance at 0450 on October 21, 1973; she was towing an ex-Admiralty MFV, Pilgrim, which, with two people on board, was in danger of breaking up; their position was...
The second Thames E class lifeboat was named at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. It was funded by Dr Patricia Baguley, but has been named Chelsea Pensioners recognition of the valuable support the In- Pensioners have given to the RNLI over more... - View image in PDF
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The biennial Caledonian market is a highlight in Arbroath guild's calendar.
Opening at 10.30 on the first Wednesday in August, with a queue forming at 9 am, members of the local 'Old Men's Club' take a... - View image in PDF
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A gallant attempt was made by this Life-boat, the Ellen and Margaret of Settle, on the 20th November, to rescue the crew of the schooner Rapid, of Boston.
In consequence of information from the Coastguard Station near the...
THE stock of life-boat Christmas cards, with a coloured reproduction of a life- boat returning from the rescue, of which particulars were given in the last number of The Life-boat, is now exhausted. The life-boat calendar for 1936, with...
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WITH the exception of Liverpool no Station Branch contributes so much each year to the Institution's revenue as Eastbourne. With a population of over 60,000 inhabitants, and a large number Instituof summer visitors, it has opportunities...
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Supporters donated generously for her construction, volunteers gave their time to trial her, and the RNLI’s project team worked day and night. Now a new class of all-weather lifeboat has become a reality after the first Shannon entered the...
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Four people landed A SUDDEN DETERIORATION in the weather on the afternoon of Saturday September 19, 1981, caught out a fleet of Fireball sailing dinghies at a meeting off Felpharn, and at 1730 HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of...
Humane Society awards for crew members Hunstanton - East Division Two members of Hunstanton's lifeboat crew have received Royal Humane Society awards for rescuing a windsurfer - with the station's launching tractor.
On the evening of the 16th March the S.W.
wind at Holyhead is reported to have reached the force of a hurricane, and at 8.35 P.M. signals of distress were observed from the brigantine Fortuna, of Glasgow, and the ketch...