SEPTEMBER 14TH. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
During the afternoon a man and a woman in a rowing boat from Benllech were rarried out to sea by the tide and a strong S.W. wind, and the motor life-boat G.W. was launched at 3.30 P.M....
DUNGENESS | 4 APRIL
A man and woman were rescued from the upturned hull of a trimaran by the volunteer crew of RNLI Dungeness. Both casualties were balancing on the slippery surface when the Shannon...
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NOV. 23RD. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A message had been received from the coastguard that a man in a life-buoy had been seen floating two miles off Shingle Street coastguard station. It was not known whether he was alive or...
Two of the fishing cobles belonging to Flam- borough were overtaken by a moderate S.E, gale and very heavy sea when out fishing on the 22nd December. As considerable anxiety was felt for the safety of the men in the boats, the No. 2...
The Life-boat George and Jane Walker was launched at 9.30 A.M. on 13th December to the assistance of eight of the large fishing cobles which had been overtaken by a S.E. gale when at sea.
The service occupied three hours,...
AT the first annual meeting of the new Hornsey Branch, a special programme of sea chanties was given by members of the Crouch End Toe H. The singers were dressed as a Life-boat Crew in jerseys and caps, and all the chanties were sung with...
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TAKEN BY LIFE-BOAT At 10.30 a.m. on 29th December, 1963, the local doctor requested the use of the life-boat to attend patients on Inishmaan and Inishere Islands. As the weather was bad and as no other boat was available the honorary...
Whitby, Yorkshire.—After a sudden heavy squall about eight o'clock in the morning on the 17th of December, 1949, the coastguard and coxswain observed that a number of small fishing cobles were in danger of being swamped by the seas....
On pages 396 and 398 of the January, 1973, edition of THE LIFE-BOAT reference was made to a covered chalice which was being produced by Stuart Crystal. Though made by Stuart's, it is being marketed by Mulberry Hall, Stonegate, York, YO1...
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Mr P. Denham Christie, chairman of the Boat Committee, on behalf of the Institution receives from HRH The Duke of Edinburgh a Design Council Award certificate for the Arun class lifeboat. Facsimiles of the certificate have been sent to each... - View image in PDF
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