EXTENSIVE SEARCH At 8.15 a.m. on 24th April, 1965, the coastguard reported that an empty sailing dinghy had been picked up by a vessel off No. 5 Sea Reach buoy. The life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was launched at 8.35....
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 1.20 p.m. on 8th June, 1966, an R/T message was received from the m.f.v. Provider stating she had sprung a serious leak about seven miles north east of Whitby. The life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth launched at 1.25 in a...
'OUTBOARDS MARINER DOESNT JUST PROMISE RELIABILITY it proves it! If you're considering buying an outboard, whatever the size, you'll have noticed that almost every manufacturer promised GREATER RELIABILITY as an important reason...
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MARCH 3RD. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
At about 5 P.M. an army officer and two non-commissioned officers launched an old boat, intending to punt in shallow water. They had not allowed for the strong ebbing tide and a fresh S.E...
RNLI supporter Joan Bennett swapped land for sea on a sailing trip last year, thanks to an auction of promises event put on by the Alton Fundraising Branch. In the last 5 years, Joan’s bids have won her three of these sail-away days, joining...
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SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT TROON DECEMBER 6TH. - TROON, AYR-SHIRE During the afternoon a whole gale from the north-west was blowing, with a very heavy sea running and fierce squalls of hail. It was described as the worst on that coast for many...
Swamped A 15FT SAILING DINGHY with three people on board had set off for a day's fishing off Flamborough Head on the morning of Sunday September 21,1986. On their return the dinghy capsized just off Smethwick Sands. The crew succeeded in...
Stranded swimmer R LIFEBOAT CREW were paged at 1428 on Saturday, August 8. 1987, following a report of a man having been cut off by the tide below Hunt Cliff, Saltburn.
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Crew overboard for 35 minutes in darkness and heavy seas Michael Weeks, a crew member aboard Appledore's Tyne class all-weather lifeboat spent some 35 minutes in the water, in darkness and heavy seas, on 3 May 1994 when he was thrown...
International Gathering The week of midsummer 1999 will be remembered for a very long time by thousands of lifeboat people from the UK and Republic of Ireland and right around the world The unprecedented spectacle of the lifeboat sail-past...
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