Llandudno, Caernarvonshire - At 12.50 p.m. on 21st September, 1969, the local sailing club requested assistance for the club's guard boats in a race in which several sailing dinghies had capsized in squally weather off Little Orme's...
The Bradford life-boat at Ramsgate, under the management of the Board of Trade, and two Broadstairs life-boats not belonging to the Institution, assisted to get the schooner Dunkerquoise, of Dunkirk, off the North Sand Head. She was, however...
Write a letter to the Lincolnshire Echo and the chances are you are unwittingly helping the RNLI. Jane Roberts, who works there as a copy taker, cuts the stamps off the envelopes and adds them to her collection. In six months she has... - View image in PDF
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Ramsgate, Kent.—At 5.16 on the afternoon of the 27th of August, 1956, the Deal coastguard telephoned that a yacht with her engine broken down needed help seven miles north-west of the Sandettie lightvessel. At 5.28 the life-boat Michael and...
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At 6.28 in the morning the Cromer coastguard reported a vessel awash about five miles N.N.E. from Cromer, and the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 7.5. A strong N.E. wind...
COBLES ESCORTED IN NEAR GALE Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 26th August, 1962, the harbour master told the honorary secretary he felt anxious for the safety of the fishing cobles Kingfisher, Lily and Three Brothers,...
HILBRE ISLAND, CHESHIRE.—On the 7th February it was reported that a flat was in distress and would require assistance.
She first caught the Salisbury Bank, where she lost her punt, but got off, slipped her anchor and made...
Atlantics join forces to save yacht crew on Chichester Bar The Institution's Bronze medal for bravery has been awarded to crew member Graham Raines of the Hayling Island lifeboat crew following a very difficult rescue involving two...
JF.RSKY, Channel Islands, November 17, 1987: Helmsman Tony Able, on board St Catharine's C class inflatable lifeboat, towing home the States Fire Service Zodiac inflatable rescue craft which had become swamped and suffered engine failure... - View image in PDF
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PENARTH AND PORTISHEAD | 13 MARCH
RNLI crews from both sides of the Bristol Channel worked together to help a yacht that was taking on water 2 miles off Cardiff. Penarth volunteers refloated the grounded vessel and escorted her...
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