DUNBAR.—While a moderate. E. gale was blowing, accompanied by a heavy sea and thick weather, on the morning of the 23rd February, intelligence was received that a. large vessel, which was subsequently ascertained to be the fourmasted barque...
All that remained of the 19ft Sum Speed after she caught fire on the River Orwell in Suffolk. Both of Harwich's lifeboats were called to the scene and the photograph was taken from the lifeboat by the crew.. - View image in PDF
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6. Amy, daughter of Gary Collett, a boat builder at the ILC, presents a bouquet to Lynn Faulds Wood during the naming ceremony of the Mersey class lifeboat Bingo Lifeline. Photo Janet Smith The two naming ceremonies are described in more... - View image in PDF
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Our All-weather Lifeboat Centre (ALC) in Poole, Dorset, is really taking shape, and the project team are on target to open the doors for lifeboat maintenance in January 2015. The ALC will go on to build six all-weather lifeboats a year,...
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25th June.
Anxiety was felt for two men in a small boat, but they made land safely.— Rewards, £8 15s..
3rd| No- vember. An unsuccessful searcli was made for a coble which had beetf lost together with her crew of two.—• Rewards, £10 14s. 6d. ?'.
THE Institution has received a gift from a Liverpool man who celebrated his twenty-first birthday by asking his friends, instead of buying him presents, to give him money for the life-boat service..
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17th September. A yacht in Torquay harbour lighted flares for help, as another yacht was fouling her, but the life-boat arrived to find that her help was not needed.— Rewards, £6 3s..
Weymouth, Dorset.—3rd April. French trawlers which were signalling to one another were thought to be burning flares for help.—Rewards, £8 15s..
Clovelly, Devon. •—• 14th August.
Anxiety was felt for two fishing boats from Port Isaac, but they got into safety without help.—Rewards, £12 8s..