ISLE of ARRAN, N.B.—On the 13th July, at about 11.30 P.M., during a strongN.E. wind and moderate sea, the pilot smack Marion, while cruising between Lamlash and Ailsa Craig, had her jib carried away; she afterwards stranded on the Carlin...
Olympic yachting gold medallist Reg White visited the RNLI stand at the Midland Boat Show, Birmingham. During the show, from February 24 to March 6, more than 100 helpers from ten branches and guilds manned the stand to raise £2,096,... - View image in PDF
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THE summer of 1959 has been officially described by the Meteorological Office as the driest since accurate records of rainfall began to be kept more than two hundred years ago, yet it was also the busiest summer the life-boat service has...
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EASTBOURNE.—On the morning of the 4th January intelligence was received that a vessel was ashore between the Bell Tout Lighthouse and Birling Gap. The William and Mary Life-boat put off at about 8.15 during a fresh S.E. wind and a heavy sea,...
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There was an added treat for three lads who won prizes in n lifeboat model-making competition. They went to Weston Park, near Newport, Salop, lo receive their awards from Lord Bradford, president of the Newport brunch of the RNLI. The boys... - View image in PDF
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THURSDAY, 5th May, 1887.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the pre- vious Meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and Corre-...
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Launches 34. Lives rescued 55.
FEBRUARY 5 T H . - CROMARTY. At 6.25 A.M. the Burghead coastguard reported distress signals from a vessel aground one mile west of Findhorn, and the motor life-boat James Macfee was launched...
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CROY, DUNURE, AYRSHIRE. While working on Croy shore about 12.30 in the afternoon of the 20th August, 1942, two men saw an aeroplane crash into the sea about half a mile from the shore. The weather was fine and the sea calm. The pilot got...
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