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Rnli News
Open Days The Open Days at the RNLI's Poole Headquarters and Depot, which were postponed from last year due to building work, have been scheduled for August.
Both sites, including the new building, will be open on...
Category: Articles
Humber- North Division
Humber's Arun class lifeboat lies afloat off the tip of Spurn Point, the most southerly fragment of Yorkshire, where the Number joins the turbulent North Sea.
It is the only station with a full-time crew - the members... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Motor Yacht
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 3.42 on the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat anchored off Colne Point was dragging her anchor and showing a distress signal at the mast-head. The...
Ardgowan
At 3.30A.M.
a messenger arrived at Huna and re- ported that a vessel was ashore and burning flares in the direction of Duncansby Head. There was a strong E.S.E. wind blowing with a rough sea and the weather was cold and wet...
Cover Picture
The 37ft Oakley class lifeboat Jane Hay, stationed at Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. She was built in 1964 and was originally at St Abbs in Scotland, later entering the relief fleet. Jane Hay arrived at Newcastle in 1980 and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Franklin Mint
THE COLLECTOR'S EDITION GAME ** JW All ten classic playing tokens are crafted in pewter and plated with 22 carat gold. Duaiu aiiuwii much smaller than actual size of 20VL x 20V W x 3"H.
The exclusive edition - fit...
Category: Advertisement
Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE by Richard Price The first Atlantic 75, Susan Peacock, shows her paces in the Solent before going to Poole for Open Days in July, She was accompanied by the first Atlantic 21, brought out of retirement for the event, and the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
From a Working Man
A GIFT of ten shillings has come from a working man at Southend-on-Sea in gratitude for the rescue of three men by the Southend motor life-boat Greater London. He had never seen the three men before, but had let them have his boat to go...
Category: Donations
Phryne
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—A message was received from the coastguard at 8 A.M. on the 24th September, 1939, that a steamer was sinking through enemy action, three or four miles E. by N. from the look-out. A N.W.
breeze was...
Fishing Yawls
FRASERBURGH.—The Life-boat Anna Maria Lee was launched at 1 P.M. on the 12th January, a telegram having beenreceived from Pitullie stating that four fishing yawls which had left that place in the morning were unable to return owing to a...