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An Adventurous Life
Man the Hopes (Hodder and Stoughton, 12s. (Jd.) is the autobiography of Mr.
Augustine Courtauld, a Vice-President and a member of the Committee of Management. It tells the story of an engrossing and adventurous life: of his...
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Talacre
PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.—Signals of distress having been shown by the schooner Talacre, of Beaumaris, bound from Conway forLarne with a cargo of slates, the Lifeboat John Monk put off at 8.15 A.M., in a strong W. breeze and a heavy sea, on the...
Desire
TWO LIFE-BOATS IN NIGHT SEARCH Longhope, and Stromness, Orkneys.
At 8.17 on the evening of the 27th May, 1963, the motor mechanic informed the Stromness honorary secretary that the family of a man who had gone out in the...
Zuava
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 6.5 on the evening of the llth of March, 1954, the Fleetwood life-boat coxswain rang up to say that the fishing boat Zuava, of Fleetwood, had broken down two miles north-north-west of Lightning Knoll Buoy. At 6.35 the...
Sorry
Sorry On page 37 of the Winter 2001/02 issue of the Lifeboat we carried an article about the Great North Run which took place on 16 September. The accompanying picture was incorrectly captioned and should have read 'New Brighton lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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Les Imp
Plymouth, South Devon At 1.8 p.m. on loth November, 1966, news was received that a fishing boat was on fire near the wreck in Whitesand Bay and two or three people appeared to be in a dinghy.
The life-boat Lloyd's, on...
Kate
At 10A.M.
on the llth February a telegram was received stating that a vessel in Red Bay, co. Antrim, was flying signals of distress. The motor Life-boat William and Laura was at once despatched to her assistance,...
A Yacht (1)
Two sailors were rescued from their capsized boat in May this year thanks to the eagle eyes of an 11-year-old boy from South Queensferry. Scott Findlater spotted an object floating in the water from his bedroom window and raised the alarm....
A day in the life
As Sunday 12 June unfolded, lifeboat crews were called into action all around the coast, from the Firth of Forth to County Cork …
Given that lifeboats launched 24 times a day on average in 2010...
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Nine Stations Completed 150 Years Service In 1975 and Were Presented With Anniversary Vellums: Appledore Courtmacsherry Cromer Dun Laoghaire Hartlepool Howth
Nine stations completed 150 years service in 1975 and were presented with anniversary vellums: Appledore, Courtmacsherry, Cromer, Dun Laoghaire, Hartlepool, Howth, Newcastle Co. Down, Padstow and Skegness.
(Right) At Dun... - View image in PDF
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