Lifeboat Luke and his colourful friends have been entertaining children around Ireland with their daily adventures on RTÉ’s Den tots.
Now the group, who keep the seas safe around the magical town of Donaghadoo, are...
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Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 5.14 on the afternoon of the 29th of August, 1954, the Needles coastguard rang up to say that a yacht had gone ashore about two and a half miles north- north-east of Needles, but that she was in no immediate...
LAST YEAR'S capsize of the roll-on roll-off ferry Herald of Free Enterprise close to Zeebrugge Harbour entrance, brought sharply into focus the need for emergency services on land and at sea to be alert and ready to cope with the myriad...
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FOUND IN FOG Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 10.20 p.m. on 24th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the shingle bank half a mile north of the south-west shingle buoy. The life-boat George and Sarah...
Principal event in Lyme Regis lifeboat week's spectacular programme last July was the first national hang-kite flying championship.. - View image in PDF
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THE second annual Life-boat Matinee at the Lyceum Theatre, organised by the Central London Women's Committee of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, was held on the llth December, and realised £992 after all expenses had been...
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A busy month for St Ives On 21 May 2006, relief Mersey class Royal Shipwright attended the 21m Testerossa, 27 miles north west of St Ives in near-galeforce winds. Sennen Cove's Tyne class Norman Salvesen joined in to achieve 5 knotsto St...
Launches of Life-boats.
Total number of launches, including those in which for various reasons no services were rendered - - - - - - - - - 455 Of these launches 280 were to vessels and aeroplanes in distress through attack...
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