About 8 A.M., on the 20th March, during a strong gale from the eastward, a schooner was seen to run on .the Newcome Sands. The sea at once broke over her, and the crew hoisted her ensign in the rigging as a signal of dis- tress. The...
WELLS, NORFOLK.—A fishing-smack being observed with signals of distress flying, while a strong gale was blowing from N.N.E., accompanied by a very heavy sea, on the 23rd March, the crew of the Life-boat Baltic were summoned, and at 5 P.M....
DECEMBER 8TH. - WALMER, KENT. The master of the American steamer Kyle V.
Johnson was seriously ill with a heart attack, and in need of medical help. A northeasterly wind was blowing, with snow squalls.
The...
'THE Year of the Lifeboat', as 1974 is to be known, will be an occasion for everyone connected with the lifeboat service to feel both pride and humility.
A record of 150 years of voluntary service, as a result of...
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Five lifeboat stations in North Cornwall were visited on June 27 by our president, HRH The Duke of Kent. Such great interest did His Royal Highness take in all he was shown and in all the lifeboat people he met—crew members and their wives,...
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Bembridge, Isle of Wight 10th February. A motor barge had been flying a signal, but did not want any help.—Rewards, £18 Us. Qd..
The Joseph and Mary, 84 feet by &i feet, 10 oars.
THE port of Poole is situated on the N.E. shore of the picturesque bay of that name. When the tide is in, and the extensive mud flats covered, the scenery is striking...
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Coxswain Peter Bisson of St Peter Port joined the lifeboat crew in 1980 and became second coxswain in 1984 before being appointed coxswain in 1986. Together with his fellow crew members he was awarded a bronze medal in 1981 for the rescue of... - View image in PDF
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Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Abersoch, Caernarvonshire Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire Atlantic College, Glamorganshire Bangor, Co. Down Barrow, Lancashire Bembridge, Isle of Wight Blackpool, Lancashire Bridlington, Yorkshire Broughty Ferry, Angus...
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As the last of the sailing life-boats was replaced by a motor life-boat on the 12th of December, 1948, the term motor lifeboat will no longer be used. " Life-boat" will mean "motor life-boat." The one boat remaining which...
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