Albert Sutherland (above) the recently appointed coxswain at Fraserburgh. - View image in PDF
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Celebrating 175 years of the RNLI. Today's Tyne class contrasts with a nine-knot Oakley and a pulling lifeboat from the early years of the 20th century, while one of the early D class lifeboats gives a hint of things to... - View image in PDF
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MAY 9TH.. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed into the sea off the Lincolnshire coast, but only wreckage was found. Two shoreboats also took part in the search. (See “ Services by Shoreboats,” Mablethorpe,...
SEPT. 25TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in thechannel between Hastings and Le Treport.
No position was given. The life-boat and two aeroplanes searched for some time. In the meanwhile the...
DEC. 2ND. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE.
A steamer was thought to be in distress fifteen to twenty miles from Bridlington, but the life-boat found that a derelict, with a cargo of oil, had been sunk by the Admiralty. and the oil...
'If the campaign succeeds in only encouraging an additional 2% of the population to remember a charity in their will, it would provide the voluntary sector with an extra £170m every year. That's more than the income generated by... - View image in PDF
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SEPTEMBER 27TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
An airman had been reported dropped in the sea with his parachute, but the call was cancelled before the life-boat had been launched. Then a second message reportedan aeroplane believed...
NOVEMBER 9TH. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. The Dutch motor vessel Prinses Irene, of Groningen, had gone ashore at Point of Ayre, but the weather moderated, and the life-boat was not needed. The vessel got off later. - Rewards, £12...
DECEMBER 22ND. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. At 4.45 in the morning the Bangor coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore at Luke’s Point, Ballyholme. A squally north-westerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea and rain. The...