On the 6th February the Life-boat was again taken out and rendered assistance to fishing-boats. The early part of the morning being fine, the whole of the cobles went to sea, but about 11 o'clock the wind suddenly changed and blew a gale...
Gourdon, Kincardineshire.—On the morning of the 10th of January, 1951, the Gourdon fishing fleet was overtaken by a south-south-easterly gale with a very rough sea. As the harbour en- trance was dangerous the life-boat crew were assembled in...
The Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., sent the following message: 'On behalf of the Committee of Management, I would like to thank you all for the truly magnificent way in which you responded to...
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BRIGHSTONE GRANGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.
—The Life-boat stationed here by the Institution many years ago has been replaced by a new one named the Brothers Brickwood, the cost of which was generously bequeathed to the Institution...
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— At about 6.30 P.M. on the 21st August the Cox- swain of the Life-boat sighted a steamer making for the Harbour, when she struck the bar and at once commenced to drift ashore. As the vessel appeared to be quite unmanageable and in a...
THE hundredth anniversary of the establishment of a life-boat station at Kirkcudbright was commemorated at a ceremony at the harbour on the 19th July, when Lord Saltoun, Convener of the Scottish Life-boat Council, and a member of the...
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MAY 22 ND. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
At about midnight on the 21st May a ship was seen amongst the rocks just south of Runswick, and at 1.50 A.M. on the 22nd the motor life-boat Robert Patton - The Always Ready was launched....
From ist October to 3ist December, 1964, inshore rescue boats were launched on service 19 times. On three occasions, described below, they were able to rescue people in difficulties.
Whitstable, Kent. At 5 p.m. on ist...
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CHANCE MEETING SAVES DINGHY SAILOR Hastings, Sussex. On Sunday the 28th of July, 1963, while returning from a visit to Bexhill Regatta, the life-boat M.T.C.
intercepted a motor boat towing the sailing dinghy Sheena with a...
THE building of new life-boats is necessarily delayed owing to war conditions.
I think it is, therefore, a suitable time to look back, and consider the way we have come to the present stage, then look forward, and consider...
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