5th November.
What were probably fireworks were mistaken for distress signals.—Re- wards, £30 13s. Qd..
Coxswain Hugh Nelson (centre) was awarded the bronze medal for gallantry in rescuing survivors from the Princess Victoria (See page 533). - View image in PDF
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Richard and Nicola Jeyes (below right) completed an Auto Endurance Challenge in June, which raised over £1,000 for Callington branch RNLI.. - View image in PDF
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Mrs Beryl Heber-Owen, just one of the 90-plus lifelong supporters honoured for their stalwart commitment and hard work. - View image in PDF
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In 51 moncas of war our life-boats have rescued 5,385 lives, and our life-boatmen have won 191 medals for gallantry..
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Plymouth.
ON the 3rd October the Plymouth Lifeboat was launched shortly before 10 P.M., in a strong southerly gale, with heavy rain and a very heavy sea, to the help of a vessel which had been driven ashore on the eastern...
All inquiries concerning YLA matters should be addressed to: Mr. Alasdair Garrett, Secretary, Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters' Association, 29a Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 ITT.
(Tel.: 0722-6966).RALLY...
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SINCE 1924 Mr. Timothy Healy, the Governor-General of the Irish Free State, has been the Patron of the Irish Free State District of the Institution, and when he accepted the Patronship he issued an earnest appeal to the people of the Free...
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Five lifeboats rescue racing dinghies Lifeboats from Hartlepool.Teesmouth and Redcar launched to help 30 dinghies that capsized in gale-force winds on 28 August. The dinghies, competing in a 100-strong race in Hartlepool Bay, were caught out...
TANKER ON FIRE Eastbourne and Newhaven, Sussex.
At 8.5 a.m. on 2yth March, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretaries at Eastbourne and Newhaven lifeboat stations that the Liberian tanker Otto N. Miller of...