In a strong E.S.E. gale, thick weather, and very choppy sea, on the 13th'December, the steam trawler Lark, belonging to Hull, and bound for that port with a load of fish, stranded on the rocks about five miles north of Flamborough Head...
In consequence of a telegram from Margate that the Tongue lightship was tiring for assistance, the Bradford Lifeboat and steam-tug Vulcan left the harbour at midnight on the 6th December, during a fresh gale from the E.N.E., with snow and a...
The James and Catherine MacFarlane, a 36-foot Oakley reserve life-boat, was on display at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, in July, 1966, while on its way to the Royal Show.. - View image in PDF
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RHYL, FLINTSHIRE.—On the morning of the 16th February, the Life-boat Caroline Richardson was called out to the assistance of a small yacht—the Lady Lucy, of Liverpool — in distress ashore outside the bar. She left Liverpool the previous...
Superintendent Coxswain Brian Bevan was awarded the gold, silver and bronze medals for gallantry for services by Humber lifeboat in some of the worst storms of the past winter. These services were to Revi, Diana V and Savinesti respectively... - View image in PDF
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'Larry', a Suffolk crossed with a Llyn sheep, has been brought up by the Moelfre, Anglesey, lifeboat guild as a regular collector. - View image in PDF
He was born in 1971.. - View image in PDF
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SWANSEA.—On the afternoon of the 27th August the coxswain of the Lifeboat received a telegram stating that three vessels were ashore between Swansea and Neath. The wind was then blowing a gale from the W.S.W., and the sea was rough. The...
The Trawler George Stroud, Sunk In The Harbour Channel, Aberdeen. - View image in PDF
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The RNLI lifeguard inshore rescue boat in action. - View image in PDF
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Bridlington, Yorkshire. — During a moderate N. by E. gale with a heavy sea and rain, on the 13th August, information was received from the coastguard that the fishing vessel Protect Me II was signalling for help about three and a half miles...