ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM SLAYTER • I would like to amplify the very brief obituary which appeared in the July issue of THE LIFE-BOAT (page 124). Bill Slayter, who had a very distinguished career in the Navy in both world wars, was a most...
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When a rip current dragged a pregnant woman out to sea, Wicklow lifeboat volunteers sprang into action – and discovered she was not the only person with her life in danger
Wicklow’s inshore and...
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SAVE MONEY ON PETROL SAFELY ACHIEVE MORE POWER, EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE INLONGTE In 1988 Henry Broquet was awarded che USSR Peace Medal.
REDUCED FUEL CONSUMPTION REDUCED EXHAUST EMISSIONS THE USE OF UNLEADED PETROL ON...
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ILB in near gale RED FLARES SIGHTED Off WhitStable Street Buoy were reported to the honorary secretary of Whitstable ILB station by Warden Point Coastguard, Isle of Sheppey, at 2342 on Friday, February 25. In view of the bad weather...
AT Spurn Point, on the Humber, on llth July, a tablet on the Life-boat House was unveiled to the memory of the late Mr. S. Crabtree Helm, of Bradford and Ilkley, who left £2,000 to the Institution, as well as a share in the ultimate...
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Sennen Cove and St. Ives, Cornwall -At noon on 12th April, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Sennen Cove life-boat station that the owner of the exhibition galleon Hispaniola had expressed concern for the safety of...
IF there be one subject more than another that might be expected to command the attention and enlist the sympathy of a maritime country like Great Britain, it surely must be the safety and welfare of those of her sons " whose business...
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ILB Dash TWO TEENAGE girls brought word to Rhossili Coastguard Station, at 6 p.m.
on July 2, 1973, that four of their friends were stranded on Worms Head.
A member of the Coastguard drove straight to the...
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SAVE THE DATE: AGM 2019
Our annual general meeting (AGM) will be held at Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in London on Thursday 25 July. It’s open to...
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