Seahorse III at Cromer The naming ceremony for the new D class lifeboat was held outside the inshore boathouse despite overcast conditions and the forecast of heavy rain. The chairman introduced John Gamble, representing the sponsors of the...
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French trawler in distress AT 0401 on the morning of Friday February 15, 1985, Falmouth's 52ft Arun class lifeboat, Elizabeth Ann, left the lee of Falmouth docks heading out to sea on service at full speed. Coxswain Viv Pentecost was at...
VoIces Awe and wonder Garden designer Chris Beardshaw is passionate about the earth, the sea – and the RnLi, as Liz Cook fi nds out ‘What is your idea of Paradise?’ that is Chris’s question to everyone for whom he designs a garden. there is...
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Dear Reader Welcome to the summer 2006 issue of the Lifeboat. Do let us know what you think of it.
Have a look at the 'News' and 'Dispatches' sections to get up to date with the RNLI family then linger...
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AUGUST 23RD. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. At 8.45 P.M. a message was received that a flare had been seen a mile S.W. of Ballycotton Light. A moderate N. wind was blowing with a slight sea. At 9 P.M. the motor life-boat Mary...
The George Gordon Moir Life- boat saved six of the crew of the steamer Topaz, of Glasgow, shortly after midnight on the 14-15th January. It appears that the steamer, which was bound to Glasgow with a cargo of pig-iron, struck Burrow Head and...
Zetland pictured in the 1877 boathouse at Redcar, which is now a museum dedicated to the 190-year-old lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
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Seven lifeboat stations involved in 21 hour search for missing anglersA complex service on 14 April 1991 involved all seven lifeboat stations from Dover to Newhaven, lasted 21 hours and involved searching of an area of 3,400 square miles for...
On the morning of the 30th January the fishing fleet of about thirty boats went out of harbour between 5 and 7 o'clock. At that time the weather was fine and the sea was comparatively smooth. At about 9 o'clock the sea suddenly rose...
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 5.30 P.M.
on the 2nd October the police reported that flares had been shown by a motor boat. A strong S.W. gale was blowing, the sea was rough, and there was a terrific rain storm. The motor...