PADSTOW.—About 8 o'clock on the morning of the 20th February, the schooner Jeune Prosper, bound from Swansea to Bordeaux, was seen running before a strong N.W. gale for Padstow Harbour. The Lifeboat Albert Edward was launched as speedily...
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Aberdeen, and Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
—At 2.25 on the morning of the 17th of September, 1950, the Gregness coastguard telephoned the Aberdeen life-boat authorities. The motor fish- ing vessel Saga, of Aberdeen, with a...
From left to right: Second Coxswain Ernest Guy (St. Mary's), Motor Mechanic William Burrow (St. Mary's), Coxswain Dermot Walsh (Valentia), Coxswain Stephen Whittle (Dunmore East), Crew Member David Brunton (Dunbar), Coxswain Alfred... - View image in PDF
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Helmsman Ian McDowell of the St.
Bees Atlantic 21 lifeboat, joined the crew in 1975.
He was awarded the Institution's Bronze Medal for his leadership, skill and courage when the St. Bees' C class... - View image in PDF
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The Christmas Gales.
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Life-boat's Four Launches in one Day.
THE gales at the end of October and November were followed by rough weather at the end of December, with heavy...
Coxswain James Thomas Lethbridge, of St. Mary's, Scillies, died on 1st January, at the age of seventy-one.
He had spent twenty-eight years as an officer of the life-boat, being appointed bowman in 1897, second coxswain...
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