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THE LIFE-BOAT (Est. 1852) All editorial material submitted for consideration with a view to publication in the Journal should be addressed to The Editor, THE LIFE-BOAT, 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1 (Tel. 01-730 0031). Photographs...
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Oarsman
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 12.36 on the afternoon of the 19th of February, 1959, Lloyd's agent informed the honorary secretary that a seaman aboard the tanker Oarsman of London had fallen thirty feet from the mast on to...
A Sailing Dinghy
Nevvhaven, Sussex. At 3.57 on the afternoon of the 16th of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy had capsized in Seaford bay a quarter of a mile off Buckle Inn. The life-boat Kathleen Mary was...
Three Stations Celebrate Centenaries
THE hundredth anniversary of the foundation of life-boat stations at Thurso and Whitehills in Scotland, and at Portrush in Northern Ireland, have recently been celebrated.
At Thurso Lord Saltoun, a member of the Committee...
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Tenby, Pembrokeshire - At 7.48 p.m. on nth October, 1966, a young army officer was reported to have fallen over the cliff at Old Castle Head and a team of men with ropes had been sent to try to reach him from the top of the...
The Blue Funnel Vessel Ajax
At 5.46 p.m. on 5th March, 1967, news was received that the Holyhead pilot boat had broken down and required assistance.
The life-boat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 6...
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Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 3.45 p.m. on ist August, 1965, the honorary secretary was told by the occupier of a house overlooking the Naze, Harwich and Harford water approaches that a man and a woman were marooned by the rising tide in the...
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Contents Volume XLV Number 461 Chairman: MAJOR-GENERAL R. H. FARRANT, CB Director and Secretary: CAPTAIN NIGEL DIXON, RN Managing Editor: PATRICK HOWARTH Editor: JOAN DAVIES Headquarters: Royal National Life-boat Institution, West Quay Road,...
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Ranger
PEEL, Isle of Man, Saturday February 1, 1986: the station's Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat out on service in a moderate northerly breeze.
The fishing vessel Ranger had suffered gear-box failure just 100 yards off...
The Seine Net Fishing Boat Elna, of Esbjerg
JULY 2ND. - BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 10.30 at night the coastguard telephoned that a Danish fishing boat was lying two miles north-north-east of Cullernose Point, apparently in need of help.
The motor...