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Mac

Date: April 1949

Volume: 32

Issue: 349

Rhyl, Flintshire, and Hoylake, Cheshire.— —At 3.2 in the morning of the 7th December, 1948, the Rhyl coastguard telephoned that a flare had been seen six miles north-east by north of the pier, and the motor life-boat The Gordon Warren was...

A Yacht

Date: Spring 1994

Volume: 53

Issue: 528

D class inflatable tows large yacht to safety A service to a yacht by Lough Swilly's D class inshore lifeboat last July has earned the station a letter of congratulation from the RNLI's chief of operations, Commodore George Cooper....

Avra (1)

Date: 1940

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1940

JANUARY 31ST. - SALCOMBE, AND TORBAY, DEVON. The Greek steamer Avra, of Andros, had gone ashore at Yealm River, but she was able to refloat, and although badly damaged, managed to reach Plymouth - Rewards : Salcombe, £7 17s. ; Torbay,...

Olive Branch

Date: August 1878

Volume: 10

Issue: 109

WATCHET.—On the 29th March, the sloop Olive Branch, of Cardiff, exhibited a signal of distress. The Life-boat Joseph Somes immediately proceeded to her assistance, and by skilful management she succeeded in getting alongside to leeward of...

Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage

Date: April 1859

Volume: 04

Issue: 32

LIFE-BOAT TRANSPORTING-CARRIAGE AS ADOPTED by THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.

THE carriage consists of a fore and main body. The latter is formed of a keelway A, A, and of side or bilgeways B, B, in rear of the...

Category: Articles

Sand Dredger Sir Cedric Making Water Fast Was Towed from Three Miles West of trevose Light Back to Harbour on October 11/1975 By padstow's 48' 6" Oakley Lifeboat Ja

Date: Winter 1976

Volume: 44

Issue: 455

Sand dredger Sir Cedric, making water fast, was towed from three miles west ofTrevose Light back to harbour on October 11,1975, byPadstow's 48' 6" Oakley lifeboat James and Catherine Macfarlane under the command of Coxswain A.... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Hopewell

Date: November 1900

Volume: 17

Issue: 198

WELLS, NORFOLK.—The ketch Hopewell, of Lynn, bound for Wells from Hull with corn and cake, arrived in Holkham bay on the afternoon of the 3rd August, just after high water, and was lying there awaiting the next tide when she would proceed to...

Deck Level Exchange

Date: Summer 2003

Volume: 59

Issue: 565

At first glance the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the RNLI appear poles apart. But the world's largest coastguard service and the RNLI have united to set up an exchange programme to help both services improve their ability to save...

Category: Articles

Two Small Vessels

Date: December 1948

Volume: 32

Issue: 348

Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 6.5 in the evening of the 17th of October, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a ship had reported two small vessels in distress and signalling for help, one and a half miles north-east of Blacktail Spit Buoy, and...

Cover Picture

Date: Winter 1978

Volume: 45

Issue: 463

One of Weston-super-Mare's two inshore lifeboats is an 18' 6" McLachlan. Designed byJ.A. McLachlan ofG. L. Watson and Co., Glasgow, she is built of glass reinforced plastic and has a ragged chine. With twin inboard petrol... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs