At 11.10 P.M.
on the 4th June the Coastguard reported that the Swin Middle Light-vessel was firing signals of distress. The crew of the motor Life-boat Albert Edward were at once assembled and the boat...
Three rescued from tug after night collision with coaster Shane Coleman, Second Coxswain/Mechanic of the Lowestoft lifeboat has been awarded the RNLI's Bronze medal for bravery for rescuing three men from a sinking tug with the Lowestoft...
Stornoway, Hebrides. At 11.15 on the night of the 21st of October, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secre- tary that a trawler bound for Storno- way from the Little Minch had a badly injured man on board who needed immediate medical...
Last year some boys belonging to the Bluebird Navigators visited the RNLI Depot at Boreham Wood with Mr Jim Garrard, of Kesgrove, Suffolk, their leader. Mr Garrard puts on his static displays for the RNLI all around the east coast and does...
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Canine calamity! Filey's inshore lifeboat was called out in March this year to help rescue a dog that was cut off by the tide and stranded on rocks.
Photo: Graham Taylor Coastguards had previously climbed down 60m of...
JULY 30TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX.
At 5.20 in the afternoon the coastguard reported a sailing yacht making heavy weather. Thirty-five minutes later they reported that she appeared to be showing a distress signal. A...
The Zetland is the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world. She first saw action in 1802 and continued to save lives at Redcar until 1880. Local historian Dave Phillipson, a crew member from 1961-1986, looks at the history of a remarkable...
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voices Hard graft & glamour Her remarkable determination and bravery Have won Tanni Grey-Thompson international awards and fans but the sporting idol has her own heroes and heroines, as she explains to Rory Stamp ‘The weather was...
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FLEETWOOD.—On the 29th August, at about 5 A.M., it was reported that a vessel was in distress on Bernard's Wharf, a sandbank situated about 2i miles E.N.E.
of Fleetwood, and the Life-boat Edward Wasey was accordingly...
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 7.43 on the morn- ing of the 16th of May, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that the yacht Aquila had gone ashore at West Ray Point. At 7.52 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put to sea. There was a moderate sea, and a...