Ballycotton, Co. Cork - At ir.io p.m. on I5th August, 1967, the Haulbowline Naval Centre informed the honorary secretary that a boat which had been shark fishing off Daunt Rock lightvessel was overdue. At 11.25 p.m. the life-boat Ethel Mary...
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The village of Carbost, on the shore of a sheltered sea loch on the west coast of the Isle of Skye, together with the villages of Portnalong and Fiskavaig, forms a small community mostly of crofters and farmers. One perfect summer day last... - View image in PDF
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Open all Hours Nearly all of the Institution's 215 lifeboat stations held a special open day during the Spring Bank Holiday Weekend, most of them opening on the Sunday, 28 May.
An estimated 65,000 people visited... - View image in PDF
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Missing divers found It was a family affair at Lyme Regis earlier this year when a lifeboat crew member's father and brother were instrumental in saving the lives of two divers.
On the afternoon of 9 May, three skin...
JUNE 3RD. - DOVER, KENT. During the morning six children belonging to the Dover garrison were cut off by the tide under Shakespeare Cliff. A moderate N.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor boarding boat William Myatt, attached to...
APRIL. 15TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. At midnight on the 14th April, the Donaghadee coastguard asked the life-boat to stand by at the harbour ready to take on board an armed guard. A west wind was blowing, with squalls, and...
FEBRUARY 20TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At five in the evening the life-boat coxswain received a message from the piermaster that a barge with all her sails blown away was driving towards the pier. A westnorth- west gale was blowing,...
AUGUST 5TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON.
At 4.15 A.M. the naval officer in command at Appledore said that the life-boat was wanted four miles W.N.W. from Hartland Point, and the motor life-boat City of Nottingham was launched at 4.50...