The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life- belt 1. Sufficient extra-buoyancy to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...
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Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At 7.10 on the evening of the 8th of April, 1957, the honorary secretary received a telephone message from the Air Sea Rescue Unit at Tayport saying the poliee had asked the unit to send a motor launch to a position...
Stuart Popham has been appointed as the RNLI’s new Vice-Chair. ‘I’m honoured to be given such a fantastic opportunity – to be Vice-Chair for such an amazing charity and important lifesaving service,’ says Stuart, who has been on the RNLI...
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Lottery winners Mr and Mrs Dilley of Redditch were presented with the keys to their new Volvo 440 Li, first prize in the 56th National Lottery, at the Boat and Caravan Show, Birmingham on 14 February.
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PALLING and WINTESTOX, NOBFOLK.— At 9.25 A.M., on the 16th January, a telephone message was received at Pal- ling stating that a steamer was ashore on the Hasboro' Sands.
The No. 2 Life-boat Hearts of Oak was promptly...
PALLING and WINTESTOX, NOBFOLK.— At 9.25 A.M., on the 16th January, a telephone message was received at Pal- ling stating that a steamer was ashore on the Hasboro' Sands.
The No. 2 Life-boat Hearts of Oak was promptly...
NEW BRIGHTON.—The steam Life-boat Queen left her moorings at 6.50 P.M. on the 2nd January, while a whole gale was blowing from N.W., with squalls and a very heavy sea, in response to signals of distress which had been shown in the direction...
Cromer and Wells, Norfolk.—On the 26th March the French steamer Boree, of Caen, and the Spanish steamer Aizkarai Mendi, were in collision off East Dudgeon light-vessel. A moderate E.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The weather...
Speedboats capsize MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF MARGATE'S 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat were in the boathouse on the afternoon of Sunday August 3, 1986, cleaning the lifeboatafter an earlier service call when a message came through that two...
MAY 17TH . - FRASERBURGH, AND PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 1.18 A.M. the naval authorities at Rosyth asked, through the Fraserburgh coastguard, that the Fraserburgh life-boat should he got ready to launch. A few minutes later the station was...