Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 9.15 in the morning of the 10th of December, 1951, the coastguard reported that the local Pilot Me II was approaching the harbour. The sea was rough and a strong northerly wind was blowing. At 9.25 the...
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At eleven o'clock on the night of the 19th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that parachute flares had been reported seven to ten miles west-north-west of Rhyl. There was...
Galway Bay. At 11.45 on the morn- ing of the 1st of May, 1958, the local doctor asked if the life-boat would take a patient in urgent need of hospital treatment to the mainland. After embarking the sick woman, the life- boat Mabel Marion...
BROADSTARS.—The reserve Life-boat temporarily placed at this station was launched at 9 P.M. on the 12th May, in a heavy rolling sea and a N.N.E. wind, and proceeded to the assistance of a vessel which had burnt flares off the North Foreland....
AUXILIARY KETCH TOWED TO HARBOUR Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 10.20 on the evening of the 27th May, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the master of the Galloper lightvessel had reported that a large auxiliary ketch...
Swanage, Dorset. At 11.59 on the night of the 29th of September, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that Niton radio station had received a signal from the Dutch tanker Capricornus that she was standing by the yacht Farida...
Oban ladies' guild organised its first raft race on May 23. Although it was a chilly Saturday, a large crowd turned out to watch and about £2,500 was raised in sponsorship and other contributions. First place went to—but, of... - View image in PDF
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Lifeboats less then 10 metres long (C and D class inflatables and 21 ft Atlantic rigid inflatables) now carry out more than 55 per cent of all the RNLI's service calls, and with more than 135 boats of these classes now on station, and a...
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Newquay (Cornwall): In beautiful weather on Sunday August 12, Father Donald Smith, station honorary chaplain, conducts the service of dedication of the new 17ft 6in C class inflatable lifeboat provided by clubs affiliated to the Rugby... - View image in PDF
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