Appledore, Devon. At 6.28 on the evening of the 14th of September, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two people, who had gone rock climbing near Baggy Point, had not returned to their hotel as expected and were...
CRIES FOR HELP Falmouth, Cornwall. At 9.21 p.m.
on iyth September, 1965, the coastguard told the coxswain that cries for help had been heard in the water off the Prince of Wales pier. There was a gale from the...
FEBRUARY 15TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
At 10.50 A.M. information was received from the Chapel St. Leonard’s coastguard that an aeroplane was down in the sea two miles east of the look-out. A light S.W. wind was blowing,...
THE portrait on the cover is of James Thomas Upperton, the coxswain of the Shoreham Harbour life-boat. Cox- swain Upperton first joined the crew in 1910. He became second coxswain in 1940 and in 1947 he was appointed coxswain. He is a holder...
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Lymington, September 5, 1986: Between her delivery to the station in June and her dedication (left) in September, Lymington's new Atlantic 21 lifeboat Frank and Mary Atkinson had been out on service no fewer than 14 times. The boat had... - View image in PDF
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APRIL 29TH. - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At 11.3 at night a message was received at Cullercoats from the Blyth coastguard that a destroyer was in need of help at the entrance to the Tyne. A strong westnorth- west...
Canoes caught out WHILE ON EXERCISE, on Saturday May 15, Beaumaris ILB Blue Peter II learned, at 1350, that a group of 20 canoeists from the Nelson Outdoor Pursuit Centre at Llanfair were out in the Menai Straits opposite Moel-y-Don and had...
To ANDREW WHITE, on his retirement, after serving for 31J years as coxswain and 2 years as bowman of the Donaghadee life- boat, a coxswain's certificate of service and an annuity.
To JOSIAH WHEATLEY, on his retirement,...
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DECEMBER 28TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN. A small steamer had been reported drifting in need of help, but the life-boat found that she was a trawler at anchor, and that what had been thought to be a red flag on her fore stay, as a signal...
Miss SUSAN JANICE PRICE, of Greaves County Secondary School, Lancaster, won the first prize in the competition for the best essay on the Life-boat Service organised by the Institution.
Other Prizes The prizes for the best...
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