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A Small Boat
At J1.15 P.M. on. the 30th June it was reported that two fishermen, who had gone out in a small boat fitted with a motor to haul their lobster pots, had not re- turned. The motor life-boat Cunard put out at 11.25 P.M. and went to the...
Scimitar
DRIFTING BROADSIDE Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 1.36 p.m. on gth July, 1964, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that a yacht two miles south-west by south of the coastguard look-out was dismasted. There was a fresh westerly breeze with...
Hilda, Reliance and Courage
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—Some of the local motor fishing boats were caught at sea by bad weather on the 2nd January, 1939. A N.E. breeze wasblowing, with a rough sea. The Eagle came in and reported that the boats still at sea were in danger...
Edvard
WALTON - ON - THE - NAZE. — Guns and rockets, indicating that a vessel was in distress, having been fired on the 10th November, the Life-boat Honourable Artil-lery Company was launched at 4.38 P.M., and proceeded under oars to the Sunk Light...
Listings
Operational changes in North East EnglandEvery five years each stretch of the UK and Irish coastlines undergoes a Coast Review. Senior RNLI operational personnel and trustees visit the lifeboat stations and assess whether the right class,...
Category: Articles
AGM date set
The RNLI Annual General Meeting and Annual Presentation of Awards will take place on 17 May at the Barbican in London.
RNLI Governors will be contacted individually and invited to request tickets to both events. All other...
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Hilda and Royal Charter
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—The motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at 8.40 A.M. on the 28th February, as it had been reported that the local motor fishing coble Hilda was at sea, and though the breeze was light there was a very rough...
Hewas Inn Sticker
At the Hewas Inn, Sticker, Cornwall, a giant whiskey bottle was set up by landlord and landlady Peter and Jo Shoults which collected £134 before it was ceremoniously smashed open by television personality Mike Whitmarsh; the money was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Welcome
It’s always difficult to choose which rescues to feature in Lifeboat magazine. With an average of 23 people rescued a day, there’s a lot of courage and determination to choose from
A person in the water. Fishermen in a...
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Amice
MOTOR CRUISER ON THE GOODWINS Ramsgate, Kent.—At 5.48 in the morn- ing of the 29th of June, 1947, the coastguard reported a small vessel aground on the Goodwin Sands about three miles west by north of the East Goodwin Light-vessel and the...