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In London to receive their awards
In London to receive their awards (I to r): back row: Coxswain Michael Scales, St Peter Port, Helmsman David Munday, Selsey, and Helmsman Desmond Rogers, Portaferry.
Middle row: Coxswain Thomas Cocking, Senior, St Ives,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Castrol Ltd
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Category: Advertisement
In Conference
The RNLI's Head of Public Relations, Edward Wake-Walker, concludes his report from the 1995 International Lifeboat Conference with a look at the development of new lifeboats around the world and initiatives to improve safety at sea There...
Category: Meetings
Means of Saving Life
The extent of the means for saving life at present is comprised in the following meagre statement, which we copy from the Northumberland Report*:— " In Scotland, with a seaboard of 1,500 miles, there are eight life-boats: at...
Category: Articles
The Motor Coaster C.648
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 1.5 early on the morning of the 15th of June, 1953, during fog, the coastguard rang up to say that a vessel had gone ashore off North Cheek, Robin Hood's Bay.
The No. 1 life-boat Man/ Ann Hep-...
Elvina
Moelfre, Anglesey - At 9.50 p.m. on 26th July, 1967, news was given that the yacht Elvina, in a position four miles north north west of the life-boat house, was making no headway against the wind and tide and was drifting out to sea. Her...
A Speed Boat
Whitstable, Kent. At 11.30 a.m. on 2oth February, 1966, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small speedboat had broken down and appeared to be in difficulties. A helicopter from Manston had been alerted and hovered over the...
The Motor Fishing Coble Onward
OCT. 4TH. - BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 9.45 A.M. the Craster coastguard reported that the motor fishing coble Onward was disabled a mile off the harbour. A strong E.S.E. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea.
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The Irish Steamer Kerrymore
NOVEMBER 21ST. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 12.55 in the morning the watchman reported rockets and flares from a ship between South Shear Buoy and Tuskar, and at 1.5 the motor life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched. A southerly...
A British Aeroplane (4)
OCTOBER 27TH. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN. At 2.5 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that a British aeroplane had crashed in the sea. The weather was fine, the sea calm. At 2.20 the motor life-boat George and Sarah Strachan was launched...