Rhyl, Flintshire. At 2.15 on the afternoon of the 13th of July, 1958, the assistant motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that his son had taken a party out fishing in his boat Eureka at 7.30 in the morning to Llandulas and had not...
Ilfracombe, Devon. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 9th of March, 1960, the life-boat Robert and Phemia Brown was launched with the district engineer on board for an engine trial in a moderate easterly wind and a choppy sea. It was...
Girvan, Ayrshire.—At 10.45 on th? night of the 21st of September, 1957, the Portpatrick coastguard telephoned that a small yacht had left Cairnryan that afternoon for Ballantrae but had not arrived, and anxiety was felt for her. The...
YOUTH CLUNG TO ROCK Ilfracombe, Devon. At 12.5 a.m. on 2nd August, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that one of two youths who had been at Woody bay, Lynton, had returned to raise the alarm that the other was missing. At...
TOWING TROUBLES Ilfracombe, North Devon. At 8.50 p.m. on 5th June, 1965, a small boat, four miles west of Bull Point, was reported by the coastguard to be in need of assistance. The life-boat Robert and Phemia Brown was launched at 9...
Rhyl, Flintshire - At 2.45 p.m. on 5th March, 1967, a small dinghy with three people on board was reported to be in difficulties about one mile to seaward of Llandulas, and the crew were waving to attract attention. The life-boat Anthony...
Newbiggin's new Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat was named Kirklees by Donald While on Saturday July 3. She was funded through the generous support of residents in the Kirklees Metropolitan area, Huddersfield, and among the 500 or... - View image in PDF
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THE following are some extracts from the report of the Irish District Inspector on the voyage which the new Wexford Motor Life-boat made to her Station, under her own power, as soon as her trials at Cowes had been...
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Greater London.
BROMLEY AND COVENT GARDEN.— Life-boat Days.
BALING.—Addresses to Groavenor Ward Women's Conservative Association and the Rotary Club by the District Organizing Secretary. Life-boat...
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Silver medallists 1974: (/. to r.) Motor Mechanic Barry Pike (Torbay); Coxswain Ben Tart (Dungeness); Coxswain Albert Bird and Motor Mechanic Ian Jack (Aberdeen); Helmsman Edward Brown and Crew Member Robin Middleton (New Brighton); Coxswain... - View image in PDF
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