Whitby, Yorkshire.—Three local fish- ing boats were at sea on the morning of the llth of November, 1952, in deteriorating weather, and at 11.25 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched in a heavy sea with a northerly gale blowing....
OCT. 25TH. - DOVER, KENT. The motor life-boat Sir William Hillary was launched at 4.50 P.M. at the request of the chief of staff of H.M. Naval Base at Dover. A strong E.N.E. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. As the service was of a...
Hazardous rescue on single engineThe RNLI's chief of operations has written to the Newhaven lifeboat station congratulating Second Coxswain Paddy Boyle for his skilful boathandling when he rescued a person from the water on 29 October...
On station THE FOLLOWING lifeboats have taken up station duties: Barra Island: 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat ON 1020 (48-015), Hugh William Viscount Gough (previously stationed at Stornoway), June 16, 1984.
Invergordon:...
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It is with deep regret that we record the death in February of Major-General R H Farrant. CB, chairman of the Institution from 1975 until his retirement in 1979.
Major-General Farrant joined the Committee of Management of...
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Triple call-out NOVEMBER 1, 1986 proved to be a cold day, with a partly overcast sky and anorth-westerly wind, force 5 to 6 blowing along the Essex coast.
At 1107 Thames coastguard alerted the deputy launching authority of...
SEPT. 27TH. - WALMER, AND RAMSGATE, KENT. At 6.45 A.M. the Deal coastguard reported a motor barge drifting ashore to the N.E. of their station. A heavy sea was running with a strong easterly wind.
At 7.5 A.M. the motor...
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The R.N.L.I. is looking for talent for a lifeboatmen's shanty competition. The idea is for one song, essentially about the sea, to be composed and sung by a group of five life-boatmen serving or retired. Groups of life-boatmen wishing to...
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In October, Ballyglass’s new D class lifeboat, the Clann Lir, was officially named. It was named by Sophie Reilly from Belmullet National School – who won a competition judged by station volunteers – after the Celtic legend of the children...
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