Lifeboat launches on service during the months June, July and August, 1974 Aith, Shetland August 12 and 16.
Amble, Northumberland July 16, 29 and August 30.
Angle, Dyfed June 2, 23, July 2, 13, August 4, 6...
Category: Services
Two inshore lifeboats save man cut off by tide A service by Redcar's Atlantic 21 and D class to a man cut off by the / x t i d e some five miles away from the station has earned Atlantic Crew member Tony Wild, D class helmsman Mark...
Thirteen young officers from Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth took part in a charity event to raise money for the Institution - the aim was to cycle from Dartmouth to Porthcawl. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
CATASTROPHE comes quickly at sea. On any dark stormy night a doctor's bed- side telephone may ring and the urgent voice of a coastguard may ask for immediate medical assistance to a ship several miles from shore. If he agrees, and the...
Category: Articles
RNLI director, Rear Admiral W. J. Graham (I), with Mr Roger Smith, deputy chairman of Tricentrol PLC after the official handing over by the oil company of their gift of a new 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat for use in the relief fleet. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
D class inflatable saves two from lee shore in near gale Helmsman Alan Attrill of Bembridge inshore lifeboat has been accorded the RNLFs Thanks on Vellum following the rescue last August of three people from a yacht aground on Bembridge...
OCT. 31ST. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
A strong easterly wind was blowing, with a rough sea. Two local fishing boats Premier and Pride were out, and anxiety was felt for their safety. The lifeboat crew and helpers assembled...
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - HOLYHEAD , ANGLESEY, AND PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An R.A.F. Anson trainer aeroplane had come down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Holyhead, £5 ; Porthdinllaen, £13 6s.
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The Humber, Yorkshire, and Skegness, Lincolnshire. — 31st December, 1937.
Flares had been seen from the Inner Dowsing Light-vessel, but a search revealed no sign of any vessel in need of help.—Rewards : The Humber,...
IN accordance with our annual custom, we are called on to chronicle the fearful and, in the present instance, unprecedented effects, both on life and property, of the terrific storms of the preceding twelve months in the seas and on the...
Category: Articles