The RNLI's Head of Public Relations, Edward Wake-Walker, reports from the International Lifeboat Conference in UruguayA hundred or so delegates from 26 different countries gathered in Montevideo, Uruguay, for the 17th International...
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At 8 A.M. on : the morning of the 6th October, the j Coastguard reported that a steamer j was ashore under Telscombe Cliffs in i a dangerous position. It was decided j to launch the Life-boat, and she pro- j ceeded to ...
Shortly after mid-clay on the 25th May the Chief Officer of Coastguard reported tbat he had just received a telegram from Swansea, stating that the captain of the s.s. Tyne had reported a ship- wrecked crew on the North Bishop's Rock....
Sinking fishing boat NITON RADIO advised Solent Coastguard at 2031 on Saturday December30, 1978, that the 42ft fishing vessel New Venture reported to be midway between Nab Tower and Hayling Island had sent a message by VHP that she was...
The trio: the Rev. T. S. Treanor, chaplain and steersman, Coxswain G. Norris and Bowman S. Wilds.. - View image in PDF
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At about 9.30 P.M. on the 8th May, during an easterly gale and very heavy sea, Thomas W. Rowntree, Coxswain of the No. 3 Life-boat, Horatio Brand, observed a schooner approaching the harbour, and shortly afterwards she made a...
A new crew of RNLI volunteers are preparing to open a lifeboat station in south west Cork. An inshore lifeboat station should be up and running at Union Hall, Keelbeg, from mid 2014 for a 2-year trial period. The volunteers will operate an...
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A Tyrone family rescued by Bundoran crew last year have returned to the lifeboat station to deliver the proceeds from a successful fundraising event. Ryan, Fianche, Cahir, Beth and Marc McCallion from Drumquin raised €5,000 through a coffee...
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The Spanish Motor Life-Boat "Sir William Hillary". - View image in PDF
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