The Life-boat Thomas Bewick was launched at 8.15 A.M., on the 19th May, to the assistance of two cobles which had put to sea, and had been overtaken by bad weather and rough sea. The danger flag was hoisted at the mouth of the harbour to...
Butaseis Together with countless people throughout Torbay, I was extremely concerned over the presence of the liquid gas tanker Butaseis. I have been advised of the outstanding action taken by the coxswain and crew of the lifeboat in going...
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During very thick weather on the 3rd October the steam drifter Honor, which was being employed as a mine-sweeper, ran on to the rocks and made signals for assistance. In response the Life-boat John Anthony was launched, and stood by the...
DECEMBER 18TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. A landing craft was in distress, but she got ropes ashore by rocket and did not need the help of the life-boat.- Rewards, £21 12s. 6d..
WE HOPE ALL SHORELINE MEMBERS have enjoyed the fine summer. It would seem difficult not to have enjoyed the sunshine, even though our thoughts have been very much with the members of fire services all over the country and with those of our...
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The naming of the D Class lifeboat took place during the town's Festival of the Sea. The threeday event is held every two years and has a strong RNLI flavour. As well as the naming ceremony, the Earl and Countess of Wessex visited the... - View image in PDF
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NEWHAVEN.—On the 3rd January last, a dismasted vessel having been seen off the harbour, the Life-boat Michael Henry proceeded out to her. The wind was blowing moderately from W.S.W. and a heavy sea was running. On arriving at the vessel it...
JANUARY 16TH. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. At 11.15 on the night of the 15th of January the Isle of Whithorn coastguard reported a vessel ashore at Steenhead. She was the Dutch tanker Barendrecht, a vessel of several thousand tons, bound for the Clyde....
Coxswain William Swankie, of Arbroath, who won the bronze medal of the Institution in February, 1940, for going to the help of a barge which wa» being bombed by a German aeroplane, and Coxswain Patrick Murphy, of Newcastle, Co. Down,...
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GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—Signals having been fired by the Gorton Light-vessel on the llth February, the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane was launched at about 6.30 P.M., during a moderate gale and a rough sea. As the wind was blowing directly into the...