Two Gold Medals Readers may remember mention in the winter 2003/04 issue of the Lifeboat of an appeal to provide a statue to the late Die Evans MBE. Thanks to the generosity of many, the dream became a reality in November 2004 when HRH...
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A survivor's story Lifeboats in action is usually our opportunity to describe in thrilling detail how brave lifeboat crews save lives at sea - but what's it like to be rescued? Michael O'Connetl reports on his experience and...
Left: Coxswain Thomas Clarkson of Lytham who successfully rescued the Mexico's crew of 12. - View image in PDF
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THURSDAY, 4th October, 1877: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspon- dence, and Wreck...
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Four launches OVER THE WEEKEND of September 16 and 17 Filey lifeboat, the 37ft Oakley Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle, launched on service three times and the station D class ILB once within the space of 26 hours.
The first...
South Western Division Stood by in storm ON SATURDAY December 15, 1979, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Padstow lifeboat station that a vessel three miles north west of Trevose Head had transmitted a mayday distress signal...
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The winner of the January crossword—there was only one correct solution submitted—was: Mr. F. Ackroyd, 68 Horncastle Road, Boston, Lines. Solution to crossword was: Across: 1-Lifeboatman; 7-Banana, 8-Align, 9-Nod, 12-Emmie, 13-Parody,...
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VERY CLOSE TO THE SEA are people of the Isle of Man. Set in the Irish Sea almost equidistant between England and Ireland, with Scotland to the north and Wales to the south, not only is the island itself dependent on sea trade but is lies...
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LOUGH SWILLY BACKS-UP RIGID INFLATABLE Lou (ill Swilly Ireland Division Photographers save fishermen in Gale A rescue carried out by the crew of a rigid inflatable in Gale force conditions on 16 April 1991 has earned its two-man crew awards...
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