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A Dinghy

Date: September 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 421

At 5 p.m. on 2ist March, 1967, a dinghy with two people aboard was reported drifting out to sea. Launch of the lifeboat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was requested in support of an R. A.F. helicopter which had also been alerted. The...

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Date: December 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 422

At 4.25 a.m. on 23rd June, 1967, it was learned that a helicopter was flying at first light to bring ashore the Lundy island lighthouse keeper who was suffering from second degree burns. The life-boat Louisa Anne Hawker slipped her moorings...

Black Maria

Date: December 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 422

At 6.55 p.m. on I5th July, 1967, it was reported that a boat was in difficulties off Bray. The life-boat John F. Kennedyslipped her moorings at 7.6 in a fresh south easterly wind and a choppy sea.

The tide was ebbing. The...

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Date: September 1965

Volume: 38

Issue: 413

Stronsay, Orkneys. At 7.10 p.m. on ist June, 1-965, a doctor on Papa Westray asked for the use of the life-boat The John Gellatly Hyndman to take a patient to hospital at Kirkwall. The lifeboat put out at 7.30 in a moderate northwesterly...

Coral Cluster

Date: December 1965

Volume: 38

Issue: 414

Anxiety was felt for the local fishing coble Coral Cluster when she was at sea in worsening weather conditions on 29th July, 1965. At 4.16 p.m. the life-boat Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle was launched in a strong north-easterly wind, with a...

Coxswain Thomas Cocking St.Ives

Date: Autumn 1984

Volume: 49

Issue: 490

Coxswain Thomas Cocking, St Ives On January 3, 1984, Coxswain Cocking, in two separate services, both carried out in a north-northwesterly strong gale, force 9, heavy seas and shallow water, first rescued seven men from a tug being driven on... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Mr John Stockley

Date: Winter 1985

Volume: 49

Issue: 491

Mr John Stockley, a founder member of the Stockport Crew of Lifeboat Auxiliaries, and a long-serving member of the Manchester Executive committee.

Mr Stockley joined Stockport branch in 1938 and the Stockport 'Crew'...

Category: Obituaries

Paddling Hard: Boto-X 87

Date: Autumn 1987

Volume: 50

Issue: 502

Paddling hard: Boto-X 87 organised by Kennel & Avon Canal Trust raised £7,500 for the RNLI over two davs during the summer. With the support of Devizes and Chippenham branches 120 teams entered the race in inflatable dinghies which... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

You Could Hardly Find a More Hostile Environment for a Building

Date: Winter 1998

Volume: 56

Issue: 543

You could hardly find a more hostile environment for a building, surrounded by water and exposed to the full force of whatever the North Sea can throw at it. The old station and slipway at the pier end here at Cromer is beyond repair and its... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Mannin

Date: 1939

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1939

MCH. 20TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.

During the afternoon a whole gale sprang up from the N.W., bringing with it a heavy sea.

A watch was kept for the local fishing smack Mannin, which was at sea. As nothing...