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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...
Category: Articles
Questa
Margate, Kent.—At 7.39 on the evening of the 5th of August, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a cabin cruiser was ashore about half a mile north of South Margate Buoy. At 7.50 the life-boat North Foreland, Civil Service No. XI, was...
Breadwinner II
Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 2.30 P.M. on the 18th January, 1938, the coastguard reported that the fishing coble Breadwinner II, of Holy Island, was overdue, and that anxiety was felt for her safety. The sea was choppy, with a moderate...
Four Saved from Yacht
Walton and Frinton's lifeboat in action on a irvice to another yacht on 21 October 1990 sands to the south of the service on the i page.
The lifeboat had been launched at 0413 to i the Sheerness lifeboat, a helicopter... - View image in PDF
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Rahoneen
Girvan, Ayrshire. At six o'cJock on the evening of the llth of September, 1958, the coastguard at Portpatrick told the coxswain that cries for help had been heard by the coastguard at Kildonan. After further enquiries the life-boat...
A Rowing Boat (1)
MAY 22ND. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
A small rowing boat with two boys on board was seen by the coastguard to be in difficulties.
They had broken one of their oars and a strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a...
H.M.S. Witherington
APRIL 29TH. - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At 11.30 at night a message was received at Cullercoats from the Blyth coastguard that a destroyer was in need of help at the entrance to the Tyne. A strong westnorth- west...
Bronze Medal Service at Appledore
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 124 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 46 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to May 31st, 1935 64,048 Bronze Medal Service at Appledore.
ON the...
Category: Services
A Yacht
The Coxswain of the Motor Life-boat Oldham was on watch from 10 A.M. . to 3 P.M. on the 25th April, as the Coastguard had reported that two youths had put off in a yacht and their parents were con- cerned for their safety. The yacht was in...
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