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/~ — y. j. f Y "f c* Notes of the Quarter, by Patrick Howarth 39 North Cornwall . . . visit of The Duke of Kent, president of the Institution, to five stations in North Cornwall 41 VolUme XLVI Lifeboat Services 42 Number 465...
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SOS . . . and the Doctor Is There
The following article by Alex Dickson appeared in the Scottish Daily Mail in December. It is reproduced here by courtesy of the Scottish Daily Mail.
Beside every life-boat there hangs an extra set of bright yellow oilskins....
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JUNE 19TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
Two men had been cut off by the tide, but they reached safety unaided.- Rewards, £9 11s..
Notes of the Quarter
The last number of THE LIFE-BOAT gave the news that the Institution's deficit in 1967 was likely to exceed £400,000. This has now been confirmed, and the accounts showed that the final figure was £400,084.
The...
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Index to the Life-Boat Stations of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
(The figures refer to the numbtrt of the Life-boats detailed on pages 610-621.) Aberdovfy, Merioneth, 166. Drogheda, Ireland, 264. Lizard, Cornwall, 128. Robin Hood's Bay, Yorks, 32. Abersoch, Carrarvon, 170 Dm lin, Ireland, 267. ...
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Covering the Atlantic Coast
The West coast of Ireland saw a dramatic increase in its number of lifeboats over the last decade-and-a-half - representing the largest number of new stations to be established in such a short space of time this century. Nicholas Leach,...
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The 37-Foot Yacht Gannet
JUNE 5TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE, AND LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE. Two Americans left Liverpool in the 37-foot yacht Gannet to sail home across the Atlantic. With them was a third man who was to leave them at...
Marie Bhan
Wick, Caithness-shire. At noon on the 6th of September, 1960, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a local fishing boat needed help ten miles south-east of Wick. The life- boat was not launched immediately as all the local...
The American Liberty Ship Ernest L. Grant
APRIL 8TH. - WALMER, KENT. Late at night a doctor received a call from the Deal coastguard asking him to visit the American Liberty ship Ernest L. Grant, which was a quarter of a mile south of the South Goodwin Buoy. A strong north-east wind...
Chase, of Shields
On the 1st Jan- uary, 1867, the brig .Chase, of Shields, was observed near this place with signals of distress flying. The life-boat Parses was conveyed along shore, and launched abreast of the vessel, which had grounded upon Horsey Beach....