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Date: Summer 1976

Volume: 44

Issue: 457

Hospital run THE LOCAL DOCTOR asked Barra Island lifeboat to convey an urgent maternity case from Tangasdale to Lochboisdale, South Uist. It was 0425 on Monday, March 8. With good visibility, a fresh east-south-easterly breeze and a choppy...

None (1)

Date: Summer 1983

Volume: 48

Issue: 485

Exmouth: On Sunday June 12 Exmouth D class inflatable lifeboat, manned by Helmsman Clive Harris and Crew Member Christopher Douglas, launched to help a 14-year-old boy cut off by the tide on the rocks at Orcombe Point. Helmsman Harris first...

None (1)

Date: Winter 1999

Volume: 57

Issue: 547

Simon Cooke, a member of Torbay lifeboat crew, unearths an unusual explanation for an unusual service...

Lifeboat crews up and down the coast spend many hours searching for people reported missing , but not many get called...

None (1)

Date: Summer 2000

Volume: 57

Issue: 553

Determination saves boy's life The life of a ten year old boy was saved in May thanks to the determination and cooperation of Cullercoats lifeboat crew and lifeguard Chris Heaney - earning them all a Letter of Appreciation from the...

Capella (1)

Date: Summer 1996

Volume: 54

Issue: 537

Joint service saves vessel and crew St Bees inshore lifeboat and Workington's relief all-weather Mersey worked together to save the 65ft fishing vessel Capella and her crew of four on 14 July 1996.

The St Bees Atlantic...

None (1)

Date: Summer 2004

Volume: 59

Issue: 569

Mass rescue by RNLI Beach Lifeguards Brilliant sunshine and perfect surf conditions drew large numbers of people to North Cornwall at the end of May this year. Adults and children were enjoying swimming and playing in the water between the...

Travelscope (1)

Date: Spring 2005

Volume: 60

Issue: 572

Lifeboats Every booking benefits the RNLI Ocean Cruise Collection 2006 CRUISE DIRECT FROM TEN PORTS: London Tilbury, Falmouth, Liverpool, Mostyn, Swansea, Hull, Dundee, Greenock, Larne and Dublin BIGGEST EVER CHOICE! NO FLYING! British Isles...

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Tern (1)

Date: Winter 1994

Volume: 53

Issue: 527

Coaster escort Another service which made the headlines was carried out by the Hastings and Eastbourne lifeboats on 14 November 1993.

The coaster Tern was badly down by the head and in severe difficulties 10 miles off the...

Oregon 1

Date: 1945

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1945

JANUARY 4TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.

DOWN. At 8.10 in the morning the Bangor coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore at Wilson Point, Belfast Lough. A northerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The motor life-boat...

Avra (1)

Date: 1940

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1940

JANUARY 31ST. - SALCOMBE, AND TORBAY, DEVON. The Greek steamer Avra, of Andros, had gone ashore at Yealm River, but she was able to refloat, and although badly damaged, managed to reach Plymouth - Rewards : Salcombe, £7 17s. ; Torbay,...