Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 3 P.M. on the 28th February the coastguard reported that a steam drifter, in tow of another drifter and a tug, had parted her towing hawser and was drifting rapidly on to North...
Dover, Kent. At 1.15 on the after- noon of the 22nd of April, 1959, the eastern arm signal station informed the honorary secretary that a small dinghy with an outboard motor was drifting half a mile south of the signal...
Early on the morning of the 12th October the motor yacht Bunts, bound from Scapa for London, with a crew of three, broke down about eight miles S.S.E. of Scurdy- ness. She had no sails on board and was helpless. A strong W.S.W. breeze was...
Donaghadee, Co. Down - At 2.48 p.m. on 8th April, 1967, information was received that a member of the crew of the commercial radio vessel Comet was seriously injured and required medicalassistance. The life-boat John R. Webb, on temporary...
Photos, clockwise from top left of each page: RNLI staff wait at the College entrance for the first guests to arrive (Bella West •,'!iy); HM The Queen and Chairman Sir Jock Slater • ,ik.' their speeches (Beila West Photography); the... - View image in PDF
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Thursday, 21st February, 1924.
The Hon. GEORGE COLVILLE in the Chair Decided to dose the Eastbourne No. 1 Life boat Station.
Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— £ s. Mr....
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At 4 A.M. on the 15th November several fishing boats were at sea. The wind was blowing fresh from the S.E., the sea was making, and several of the boats were running for shelter. The life-boat crew stood by until, at seven o'clock, the...
FERRYSIDE, CAEMAHTHEN BAY.—The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently provided a new Life-boat for this station—the boat, like its predecessor, being named the City of Manchester. It is 32 feet long, 7£ feet wide, and rows 10 oars...
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THURSDAY, 11th October, 1906. SIR EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and Correspondence, and...
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Scarborough, Yorkshire. — The motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at noon on the 12th February, 1938, as the weather had got very bad, and the local motor fishing boats Mary Joy, Hyperion, Margaret and Floreat were at sea. A strong...