Walmer, Ken*.—At 5.50 P.M. on the * 19th October, 1939, eight hours after the life-boat had brought back the doctor from the Dutch steamer Mirza, a message was received from the doctor that the senior naval officer, Ramsgate, wished him to...
10 April: Ilfracombe, Devon A teenage girl stranded on rocks and cut off by a rising sea was rescued by Ilfracombe lifeboat. The 13-year-old became stuck near Lee Bay while walking with friends. Ilfracombe’s...
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As nesting season begins this month, RSPB Warden Paul Morrison shares some of the winged wonders along our coastlines
No one sets foot on Coquet Island, just off the Northumberland coast, except a lucky team who live in...
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The Shannon class – a new generation of all-weather lifeboat – is now ready to rescue after the first station lifeboat went on service at Dungeness, Kent.
The lifeboat, designed in-house by RNLI naval architects, harnesses...
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During a heavy W.S.W. gale signals of distress were seen at 2.20 A.M. on the 6th March from a vessel in close proximity to the " stones." The Life-boat James Stevens No. 10 was promptly launched and with some difficulty, owing to...
FlamborOUgh - Atlantic 75 Jason Logg It was a cool and windy morning at South Landing, Flamborough on 18 June 1994 for the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the new Atlantic 75 lifeboat Jason Logg - but fortunately the rain stayed...
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RESCUE BY LIFE-BOAT AND CANOES Cullercoats, Northumberland. At 1.20 on the afternoon of the 1st June, 1963, a boy called at the second coxswain's house to inform him that a speed boat had capsized outside Cullercoats...
The motor Life-boat General Farrell was launched on the 5th August in response to a telephone message from the Smalls Lighthouse, stating that the crew of the schooner Pearl were taking refuge in the Lighthouse, and wanted to be landed. The...
LIFEBOAT SMALL ADS HIGHLAND COTTAGE Nr. LOCH NESS Cosy, stone cottage, sleeps 4 in stunning scenic area.
I Mr. and Mrs. R.T. Bolt 01424 422279 LANCASTER CANAL gateway to the Lake District and the Dales. Luxury narrowboats...
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Front cover Lough Swilly crew members aboard relief Tyne class lifeboat Good Shepherd tackle a fire aboard 14m fishing vessel Lady of Portnablagh. Photo © Lough Swilly lifeboat crew.. - View image in PDF
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