TWO CASUALTIES TOWED TO SAFETY - CREW INJURED Tyne's 26-hour service in storm force winds Coxswain Kieran Cotter of Baltimore's relief Tyne class lifeboat has received the RNLI's Bronze Medal for Gallantry following a 26-hour...
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BBC TV 'Blue Peter' presenter Anthea Turner looks on with interest as the naming ceremony of Blue Peter VI proceeds apace at Cleethorpes.. - View image in PDF
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Jan. 6.—Three men put off in a boat and saved a boy who had fallen overboard from a boat off Wexford, Ireland.—Reward, 15s.
Jan. 9.—Four men. put off in a coble and saved the crew of five men from the boat of the steamer...
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At 6.45 P.M.
on the 18th August information was received by telegram from the Light- keeper at Point of Ayr Light-house to the effect that a small yacht was in difficulties close by, flying signals of distress. The...
WE have frequently had occasion to allude to the feet—to the astounding fact—that an annual average of more than 700 human beings suffer death by drowning, from shipwreck or collision, on the shores and in the waters of the United Kingdom...
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Leaving a gift to the RNLI in your Will is your legacy of care to millions of people who use our coast each year, from children playing on the beach, to fishing crews who battle the seas to put a fresh catch on the...
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West Division Steering failure LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of New Brighton lifeboat station at 1400 on Sunday August 29, 1982, that the yacht Ocea was acting in an erratic manner and appeared to be in difficulties...
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Joan Hooley (Josie from EastEnders) and George Sewell (Matt Drayton in The Detectives) drew the winning tickets for the most successful Lifeboat Lottery ever on 26 January. The 92nd draw beat all previous records, raising £283,832. Top... - View image in PDF
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AT the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL SHIPWRECK INSTITUTION held at the London Tavern on Thursday the 22nd day of April, 1852, REAR-ADMIRAL His GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, PRESIDENT, in the Chair, The following Report of the...
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Sweet William's personal appearance (above) with John Noakes on the BBC's 'Blue Peter' programme, Thursday May 25.. - View image in PDF
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