PADSTOW.—The Albert Edward Lifeboat put off during a strong gale from the N.W., arid a very heavy sea, and with great difficulty rescued the crew, consist- ing of four men, from the schooner Favorite, of Quimper, which had lost her sails and...
PORT PATRICK.—On the afternoon of the 19th June two fishing-boats proceeded to the North fishing ground. One of them was fully manned, but the other had been hired by two visitors, and her crew consisted of a man and a boy. Towards evening a...
Dungeness, Kent. At 9.8 on the morning of the 23rd of May, 1958, the honorary secretary was informed thata vessel was firing red flares a mile and a half west-south-west of Dungeness.
The crew assembled, but as...
Again, on the 11th January last, the Ramsgate life-boat went out in tow of the steam-tug Vulcan to the rescue of the crew of the schooner Zephyr, of Banff, which was totally wrecked on the north part of the Goodwin Sands. The wind was strong...
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By the death on 16th May, at the age of eighty, of Major Sir Maurice Cameron, K.C.M.G., a vice-president of the Institution, the committee of manage- ment have lost one of their most valued and active members. After a dis- tinguished career,...
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Win a fabulous smart car The Lifeboat Lottery takes place four times a year and is an exciting way to support the RNLI. Since 1977, when it began, the Lifeboat Lottery has raised in excess of £14M.The latest Lottery to be drawn, autumn...
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THE LIFEBOAT B class Atlantic 75 lifeboat B-742 Douglas Paley Funding: A gift from Mrs Evelyn Anne Paley, in memory of her late husband Air Commodore Douglas Paley THE CREW Helmsman Gary Stanbury Crew Members Andrew Hallet and Martin Davis...
A Topping idea...
It is not often that one sees the director of the RNLI wearing a hard-hat, laying concrete, sporting a sprig of yew tree and then supping a glass of ale - especially when perched on the top of a...
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