PORTHLEVEN, CORNWALL.—The Lifeboat John Francis White rendered very valuable assistance to the steam launch Sterry, of Lowestoft, on Easter Sunday morning, the 3rd April. There was a strong wind blowing from the west, and the vessel was...
MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.—A signal of distress having been shown by the schooner Fairlie and Jane, of Beaamaris, boned from Port Dinorwic for Kamsey, Isle of Man, with a cargo of slate, which was at anchor in Moelfre roadstead, on the 28th March,...
(Main photot Members of Newttggm lifeboat ciaw and branch present the timg capsute to contractor Bill Rutter and (inset) T is biined under the now. - View image in PDF
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A bear thank you Sir -1 should like to thank everyone who has written requesting a personalized teddy bear, (Bear necessities, Summer 1989 issue).
The teddy bears are still available and the letters RNLI can be worked on...
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Your guide to what's been going on in the world of the RNLI CEO retirement
Words: Anna Burn. Photos: Richie Leonard, RNLI/ (Harrison Bates, Nigel Millard, Nathan Williams)
CEO...
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Signals of distress were reported to have been seen in Church Bay, at about 11.15 P.M., on the llth February. The Life-boat therefore proceeded to the spot and found the brig J.B.8., of London, at anchor close to the rocks. After consulting...
The RNLI's Shoreworks Manager, Howard Richings, looks at the way that lifeboat houses have changed to reflect the changing demands made upon them In the early years RNLI boathouses were very basic.
Resources were scarce...
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WINTERTON. — The full - rigged ship Galatea, of Greenock, bound from Hamburg to Sydney with a general cargo, stranded on Hammond's KnolJ, in a fresh N.E. breeze, a rough sea and thick weather, on the 27th June. The lookout man at...
GROOMSPORT, Co. DOWN. — Shortly after 9 A.M. the Coastguard reported that a barque about a mileN-W. of Copeland Islands was signalling for "immediate assistance." The Coxswain assembled his crew and launched the Life-boat Chapman....
THE Institution will again have a Christmas card and a pocket calen- dar.
The card will be a reproduction in colour of the picture below. It is a photograph of the Whitby No. 1 life- boat leaving harbour on the 15th of...
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