Obituaries It is with deep regret that we record the following deaths: April 1987 Captain Olaf Bjornstad, ex-Secretary General of the Norwegian Lifeboat Society. He was appointed an honorary life governor of the RNLI in...
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Fourteen rescued A TRAWLER, Erlo Hills, ashore north west of the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire, was reported by Clyde Coastguard to the honorary secretary of Campbeltown lifeboat station at 0655 on Friday October 2, 1981. Maroons were fired...
30th August. Two bathers off Mundesley had drifted out to sea on an inflated motor tyre, but were rescued by a rowing boat.— Rewards, £7 11s. 6d..
Dover, Kent.—23rd June. An aeroplane was reported to have fallen into the sea, but nothing could be found.— Rewards, £4 14s. 6d..
The survivor who clung to the mast for an hour was rescued by the Lytham-St. Anne's life-boat (see page 729). - View image in PDF
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Appledore, Devon. An account of the service by this life-boat on ist January, 1966, will appear in the next issue of THE LIFE-BOAT..
On 7th August, 1966, the life-boat St. Albans rescued a boy who had fallen over a cliff. An account of this service will appear in the March, 1967, number of THE LIFE-BOAT..
December John Clemens Kennedy JP, Newquay branch chairman since 1965. Also an crew member until he was 45, Mr Kennedy was awarded the gold badge in 1986 and gold bar in 1994..
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Arbroath crew members returned home triumphant in July after beating 12 other teams, from organisations al) over the north-east of Scotland, in an RNLI challenge fundraising event.. - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 19TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
Flashes as from an aeroplane down in the sea had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards £41 14s. 6d..