FOR a number of years there has been in Plymouth very close and useful co-operation between the Life-boat Station and the local Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, the Brigade turning out whenever the Life- boat receives a call, and...
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During a moderate south-westerly gale and heavy sea on the afternoon of the 25th June, a small fishing-boat was observed about four miles to the east of Broadstairs with the crew making signals of distress by placing their jackets on oars....
Persons Time of rescuedfrom 1955. Launching. shipwreck.
Jan. 3. 4.35 p.m. Fishing boats, of Pittenween. Anstruther life-boat escorted boats.
,, 3. 8.10 p.m. M.F.V. No. 51, of...
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Breakfast, lunch or dinner, RNLI crew leave their families at a moment’s notice to save lives at sea. And this October, we hope you’ll answer our rescue call over dinner too – by hosting a fundraising Fish Supper. From 14–16 October, we need...
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AMONG the many busy years of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, 1887 and 1888 were the busiest so far as boat-building and altering existing Life-boats was concerned. In 1887, as will be seen on referring to page 244 of the August...
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VERY CLOSE TO THE SEA are people of the Isle of Man. Set in the Irish Sea almost equidistant between England and Ireland, with Scotland to the north and Wales to the south, not only is the island itself dependent on sea trade but is lies...
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At 4.46 p.m. on 5th August, 1967, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had been reported firing red flares five miles south of the Needles.
The life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe slipped her moorings at...
On May 29 Stornoway's new 48' 6" Solent lifeboat (left) was named Hugh William Viscount Gough in memory of the late Lord Cough, a regular fishing visitor to the island, by his widow, the Viscountess Gough. The lifeboat was... - View image in PDF
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DURING December, 1951, life-boats went out on service 35 times and rescued 15 lives.
ENGINE BROKEN DOWN Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 3.7 in the morning of the 5th of December, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a woman had...
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