SEPTEMBER 29TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. At 5.30 in the afternoon information was received at the life-boat station that five men, who had been collecting cattle from the islands to the south of Barra, were then on Pabbay Island and could...
Fishing boat capsized A TELEPHONE CALL was received by the honorary secretary of Penarth lifeboat station at 1311 on Friday September 18, 1981, from The Mumbles Coastguard requesting the launch of the lifeboat: a message had come on VHP...
On 13th November the Life-boat Samuel Lewis rescued the crew of the brig Azha, of Arendal. (For particulars, see p. 35)..
Two photographs taken at the trials at Hunstanton, which were described in the May number of "The Life-Boat.". - View image in PDF
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Yarmouth, Isle of Wight- At 11.10 a.m. on 2nd April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a canoe had capsized near ScratchelPs Bay.
The two crew members, who were clinging to the canoe, were being...
Rob Blann (right) is pictured with the pub licensees Peter and Linda Sim at the re-naming of the pub.. - View image in PDF
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During the Summer, a wedding blessing was held for the first time aboard the Sheerness lifeboat, George and Ivy Swanson.. - View image in PDF
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THE naming ceremony of a new motor life-boat at Ilfracombe, Devon, took place on 16th June. The life-boat is one of the first two of the new surf type, described on page 167. She has cost £2,750, and has been built out of a legacy from...
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George Parsons, who served in The Mumbles lifeboat crew for 36 years and, more recently, has been head launcher for the boat. He was assistant mechanic from 1952 to 1957..
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March1999 Edward (Ted) Larbalestier BEM St. Helier coxswain from 1951 until his retirement in 1970. He was awarded the Silver medal in 1951and the BEM in 1970.. - View image in PDF
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