RIG SERVICE IN 60 KNOT GALE AROUND 1.30 p.m. on 19th October, 1971, it was learnt that the crew of the drilling rig William Allpress were in need of assistance. The rig was anchored J mile off Rustington, Sussex, and had been in this...
Lifeboat launches on service during the months December, 1973, January and February ,1974 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire January 4.
Aith, Shetland February 13.
Amble, Northumberland February...
Category: Services
Aberdeen. Grampian D class: July 6 Aberdovey. Gwynedd At/antic 21: July 11, 15, 19 (twice) and 24 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: June 17 (twice), 21 (three times). July 6. 8. 25 (three times). 26 (twice). 29 and 31 Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class...
Category: Services
SELSEY, SUSSEX.—On the 5th September the brig Governor Maclean, of London, was totally wrecked, during a gale of wind, on the Shold Point of the Ower's Sandbank, off Selsey. The life-boat on that station was immediately manned and...
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WHFN HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH named Hartlepool's new 44' Waveney lifeboat on Thursday, July 14, it was an historic moment for both the RNLI and the Scout Association; for the RNLI it was the first time a reigning monarch had ever...
Category: Inaugurations
Lifeboatmen save people and livestock from flooded towns In the early hours of 18 October 1990 the towns of Ballycastle and nearby Cushendall in Co. Antrim were badly flooded, and Red Bay lifeboat station and two of the Crew Members at...
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The Sheringham Lifeboats 1838-2000 By Mick Bensley Price: £35 Published by Bengunn ISBN 0953399818 SHERINGHAM LIFEBOATS U38-JOOO Internationally acclaimed marine artist Mick Bensley brings alive the most notable and daring rescues of...
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Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI, believed that sea rescue was ‘a cause which extends from the palace to the cottage ... and which addresses itself with equal force to all the best feelings of every class in the state.’ So began our... - View image in PDF
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