Of the 11 new life-boats ordered in 1971 four were of the 44-foot steel Waveney class, three of the 37-foot Mark i Rother (above), two of the 50-foot steel Thames (below), one of the 52-foot Mark II Arun and one of the 71-foot steel Clyde... - View image in PDF
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THE unusually fine weather of the last three months has been most favourable to Life-boat Saturday demonstrations throughout the country, and hardly a Saturday has passed without one or more of such functions being held. The popu- larity of...
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For their work - the story of the rescue attempts that night took up over four pages of THE LIFE-BOAT for November, 1927 - a total of 38 medals and vellums were given together with medals from the Italian government of the...
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26th April. The local fishing boat Britannia put out on the morning of the 25th April, but did not return when expected, and some anxiety was felt. Soon after 11 P.M.
the honorary secretary asked the coast- guard to signal...
JULY 22ND. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. During the afternoon four young men, holiday visitors from Coventry, went out on three metal floats from Prestatyn. The sea was rough and a strong south-westerly wind was blowing.<...
IN the March 1960 number of the Life-boat it was stated on page 381 that the bronze medal for gallantry had been awarded to Mr. Hugh Owen, of the Moelfre, Anglesey, crew. In fact, Mr.
Owen was awarded a second-service clasp...
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The Norwegian steamer Mi'm which went ashore in the Orkneys on 9th November, 1939. - View image in PDF
The Stromness life-boat rescued 22 of her crew, and a local boat rescued II.. - View image in PDF
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On the morn- ing of the llth January, the steam trawler Prosper, of Ostend, bound from Ostend to the Orkney fishing grounds, ran aground on the Scroby Sands. A moderate south-westerly breeze was blowing, increasing later to a whole gale....
At 3.55 p.m. on 23rd May, 1970, it was learnt that a youth had fallen over the cliff three to four miles westof the Anvil Point lighthouse. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at 4.10. It was shortly before low water.
She...