Above: Martin Woodward (right), coxswain of Bembridge lifeboat, receiving the donation raised at The Return of May Madness'. In the background is the oil painting 'Cobweb' by James Bartholomew, which was painted specifically for... - View image in PDF
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Caister, Norfolk.—At 6.35 on the morning of the 13th of February, 1955, the Great Yarmouth coastguard tele- phoned to say the North Foreland radio station had reported that the motor trawler Saint-Pierre-Eglise, of Bou- logne, had...
OLD LIFE-BOAT WEATHERED STORM Lytham St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 2.45 p.m. on nth July, 1965, a two masted yacht was seen off the Wall End buoy, apparently receiving a heavy battering from the seas. There was a west-by-south wind of near...
Bonlmer, Northumberland. At 5.8 on the afternoon of the 10th of August, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Claire Rita of Banff was aground off Hauxley Head. At 5.57 the life- boat Clarissa...
The Lowestoft steam drifter Charter, wrecked on January 7th, 1933. The Salcombe Motor Life-boat stood by, but the crew got ashore unaided.. - View image in PDF
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Swim between the flag You'll hear again and again from RNLI Beach Lifeguards: 'Always swim where there is a lifeguard on patrol and stay inside the area marked by the red and yellow flags.' On a sunny day at Perranporth, Cornwall...
North Sea Hurricane FORCE 9-10 north north east wind; rough sea with a heavy swell; low water; visibility down to about a half to one mile on an overcast morning with frequent hail and snow squalls; Flamborough lifeboat already at sea...
How did we fare in 2011 – a year when sea conditions and the economic climate were equally challenging? Supporters, volunteers and staff gathered to find out the latest facts and...
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IT was stated in the first Number of this Journal, that it would be published monthly, or occasionally, as circumstances might point out, and that it would be sold at the lowest possible price that would cover the expense of paper and...
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Bangor, Co Down: The scene at the waterfront when, on Friday June 15, the dedication of the station's new D class inflatable lifeboat took place together with the official opening of the lifeboathouse recently built by North Down Borough... - View image in PDF
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