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A Sailing Boat and a Rowing Boat
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 3.36 on the afternoon of the 21st of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dismasted sailing boat had been reported off Bramble buoy andthat her crew of two were asking for help. The...
Valder, of Hartlepool
FEBRUARY 4TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
About five in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a trawler had arrived off Cromer with a small fishing boat in tow and had signalled asking for a boat to be sent out to tow the...
British Inventor
JUNE 13TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET, At 7.50 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that the oil tanker British Inventor, of London, 7,000 tons, had been torpedoed or mined near the Shambles Lightvessel and was sinking. The weather was...
Northern Star and Lord Londesborough
About 8 o'clock on the morning of the 6th January the wind increased and the weather became very bad, which caused considerable anxiety for the safety of some of the cobles which had left for the fishing grounds earlier in the morning....
The "City of Leicester" Boarding Boat
Inaugural Ceremony at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex.
ON 3rd September the Inaugural Cere- mony took place at Walton-on-the- Naze, Essex, of a boarding boat. The Motor Life-boat which was stationed at Walton in 1928 lies...
Category: Articles
The Austrian Barque Junak
CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—On the 28th May, about 1 A.M., the Castletown Life-boat Commercial Traveller, No. 2, was launched and proceeded to the Austrian barque Junak, of Spalato, which vessel had driven ashore in Castletown Bay, whilst it...
The Aberdeen Trawler Evergreen
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire On the 18th January the Aberdeen trawler Evergreen was wrecked at Rosehearty.
The motor life-boat Lady Rothes rescued the crew of nine.—Rewards, bronze medal, and an increase in the usual money...
Pile of Pennies
Pile of pennies Jeff and Tina Kelly, proprietors of The Albert in Llandudno invited customers to donate to their lifeboat penny pile. The pile, which was demolished in July by Llandudno lifeboat crew members, raised £325 for lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Where Help Is Wanted
THE Institution is very anxious to form or develop Branches in the following places in the Welsh District and would be very grateful to any readers of The Lifeboat who could help it to do this, either personally or by putting it in touch...
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Dr Who's Indispensible Mechanical Partner Has Turned His Attention Towards the Rnli Alan Dixon Proprietor of Huddersfield's Model Centre Has Made a Full Working Replica of K9 and Will Be Sen
Dr Who's indispensible mechanical partner has turned his attention towards the RNLI.
Alan Dixon, proprietor of Huddersfield's model centre, has made a full working replica of K9 and will be sending him out to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs