St. Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 4.58 p.m. on 28th November, 1965, the honorary secretary learnt from the coastguard that the motor vessel Marchion Enterprise had taken the yacht Barranquilla in tow with a broken propeller shaft coupling...
IN his address at the Annual Meeting, the Prince of Wales referred to the number of services to foreign vessels performed during 1920, and said that there was " no nation possessing a coast- line and any ships which had not benefited at...
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Mike Inkster raised £500 by running from Whitstable via Birchington and Mansion and back, a total of 50 miles. The money was divided equally between Whitstable branch and Cancer Research. Mr Inkster's firm, Pedigree Toys Ltd, kindly... - View image in PDF
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Dear Editor This is my Paddington, who visited Space Camp Alabama, US, with me for a two-week advanced academy programme. He had a go in the flight simulator and was even in a mock helicopter escape – his rubber ring came in handy! He liked... - View image in PDF
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High and dry on the Solway Firth From the shifting sand and mud banks of the Solway Firth, the grounded yacht Susiila radioed for help. It took a joint service by Workington and Silloth Lifeboats to locate the yacht and find a way to reach...
AUGUST MEETING LANNERCOMBE, SALCOMBE, DEVON. About 7.30 in the evening of the 9th July, 1940, the Latvian steamer Talvaldis was attacked by enemy aeroplanes off Start Point. The weather was moderate. The Salcombe motor life-boat was called...
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OCTOBER 29TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 5.30 A.M. the coast-guard reported signals of distress, and a few minutes later said that a vessel was ashore one mile north of Rattray Head. At 6.35 A.M. the Peterhead motor...
Dispatches RNLI Photographer of the Year 2006 The first ever RNLI Photographer of the Year competition, open to everyone at the charity’s lifeboat stations and lifeguard units, recorded the drama of working in a lifesaving environment using...
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On the 5th December, the schooner Loretta, of Bilboa, was seen drifting toward the sands east- ward of Porthcawl. There was a strong gale blowing from W.S.W. at the time.
The Porthcawl life-boat put off, and brought ashore...
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—In the morning of the 8th of August, 1948, the life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn rescued six lives from the yacht Gull, off Newhaven.-—-Rewards, silver second-service clasp to the coxswain, vellums to...