The Winter 1989/90 Lifeboat Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 51 Number 510 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD MNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Headquarters: Royal National Lifeboat Institution...
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At 10.30 A.M. on the 23rd February a Coastguard reported that a vessel was dismasted about three miles east of Mevagissey, with a signal of distress hoisted in her rigging. A moderate S.E. gale was blowing at the time with a rough sea.<...
In the early morning of 23rd. September the Fraserburgh lifeboat was called out. Only the day before the coxswain had been called to the Navy, and Captain Andrew Stephen, honorary secretary of the station took command.
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MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.—The tremendous gale which visited the coasts of the United Kingdom on the night of the 26th February blew for several days with great violence, and caused much destruction of property and jeopardized many lives. The...
LEWIS CREESE
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On a shout like this, when the crew has been woken up in the early hours of the morning and they’re tired, it helps that everything is already second nature to them. For Jordan (Tuckwell,... - View image in PDF
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Golden Offshore members Larry and Phyllis Green received an Admiralty RYA chart plotter from Admiralty Leisure and a special RNU memento from survivor Peter Landon (left) and David Brann. - View image in PDF
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TWO LIFE-BOATS PUT OUT TO YACHT Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, and Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 14th August, 1962, the Llandudno coastguard reported that a small motor boat, which had six yachts in tow, was making no...
St. Mary's, Stilly Islands. At 6.50 on the morning of the 2nd of June, 1960, the honorary secretary was informed by the honorary medical adviser of a message from the commanding officer of H.M. submarine Trump that the submarine was...
Whitehills, Banffshire.—At 9.12 on the night of the 14th of December, 1955, the Banff coastguard reported that a vessel had sent a wireless distress message that she had run on the rocks west of Gardenstown. At 9.25 the life-boat Sr. Andrew,...