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LERWICK'S 27 HOURS' SEARCH.
Lerwick, and Aith, Shetlands.—4th October, 1939. In the morning a Royal Air Force aeroplane came down on the sea about twenty-five miles N.E.
of the N.E. corner of...
Ardency
Eleven men and fishing vessel saved In winds gusting to 90 knotsA difficult service in winds up to almost 90 knots earned coxswain / mechanic Hewitt Clark of the Lerwick lifeboat a Bronze Medal, recognising his leadership, seamanship and...
Jane Douglas
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— The motor life-boat W.R.A. was launched at 12.30 P.M. on the llth December, 1937, to stand by the Beadnell fishing boat Jane Douglas, which, with a crew of three, was returning home. A very heavy sea was...
Where Help Is Wanted
THE Institution is very anxious to form or develop Branches in the following places in the Welsh District and would be very grateful to any readers of The Lifeboat who could help it to do this, either personally or by putting it in touch...
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Dunlin
Rescue party rescued Weymouth's Arun class lifeboat Tony Vandervell, a naval helicopter and the destroyer HMS Edinburgh were all involved in an incident where three fishermen were airlifted to safety from their sinking trawler Dunlin on...
£30,000 Plus Present
The Civil Service and Post Office Life-boat Fund continues to maintain its splendid record for the R.N.L.I., and in 1970 for the first time raised over £30,000. In 1970 the Post Office, Inland Revenue, Ministry of Public Buildings and...
Category: Donations
Award to Falmouth Coxswain
MR. C. H. BROWN, coxswain of the Falmouth life-boat, has been awarded a certificate by the Royal Humane Society for rescuing a young boy from the sea near Falmouth.
Coxswain Brown has served with the Falmouth life-boat...
Category: Awards
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CLIFF FALL At 7.32 p.m. on 24th April, 1966, the honorary secretary was informed that two boys had fallen over the cliff at Whitewaterbrook.
The life-boat A.M.T. was launched at 7.42 in a light westerly wind and a smooth...
Lady Dorothy
NOV. 25TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 3.47 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that the sailing barge Lady Dorothy, of Ipswich, had stranded on the Buxey Sands, a quarter of a mile from the Spitway. A fresh S.W. breeze was...
Judy
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 5th of August, 1952, the Clacton-on-Sea coastguard telephoned that a small sailing yacht was in difficulties about one mile west- south-west of the pier. They had had her...