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Carry On
Aberdeen.—During the morning of the 25th August, 1938, the Gregness coastguard reported that distress signals had been heard off Girdleness.
Wind and sea were slight, but there was a dense fog. The No. 1 motor life-boat...
Farida
Swanage, Dorset. At 11.59 on the night of the 29th of September, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that Niton radio station had received a signal from the Dutch tanker Capricornus that she was standing by the yacht Farida...
Southend-On-Sea May 2 1986:
Southend-on-Sea, May 2, 1986: on a brilliant day, with bunting splashing colour across the blue skies, Princess Anne came to Southend-on-Sea to name a new lifeboat after a local hero. She met and talked to station officials, crew members and... - View image in PDF
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Trapped_men rescued from pier supports Sometimes the need to save a life over-rides all other considerations...
When Eastbourne lifeboat station heard that a person was trapped on a narrow ledge under Eastbourne Pier it was...
SOUTH/MIDLANDS/EAST: Community news
West Bridgford
YOUNG FUNDRAISER RECOGNISED
Fourteen-year-old Luke Jenkins has been helping to save lives at sea for most of his life. As a baby,
his mother Aisling carried him in a sling on an...
Category: Articles
Bookshelf
Lifeboat station histories Holy Island Lifeboats by Brian Chandler published by the author at £3.50 For such a small island, only a few hundred yards off the coast of Northumberland, Holy Island has a packed and fascinating history -...
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Fast-acting relief
How do you keep a 24/7 search-and-rescue service running when a coxswain is taking a well-earned holiday? What about when a family emergency arises for the station mechanic? Or illness strikes? Meet the team who answer the call for...
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The Present Lynmouth Life-Boat
The life-boat, Prichard Frederick Gainer, is returning from service on the 13th of last July. - View image in PDF
Countisbury Hill can be seen in the background.. - View image in PDF
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A Lenten Vow
THE life-boat service has benefited by £5 as the result of a vow by two army officers on Salisbury Plain. The}7 bound themselves to "a particular Lenten abstention," and the penalty for failure was to be a cheque for £2...
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