1st March.
A steamer ran on the rocks, but when the life-boat reached her she found that the master did not wish to leave.
Heavy seas struck the life-boat, flinging her against the steamer, and one of her...
Foresters Centenary at Sheringham. - View image in PDF
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Launch at Criccieth,Caernarvonshire. - View image in PDF
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New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 6.50 on the evening of the 25th of Septem- ber, 1953, the life-boat motor mechanic reported that he had seen a yacht on the Burbo Bank. Later she was reported to be high and dry. At 9.15 the life-boat Norman B....
Kilmore, Co. Wexford. — The Com- missioners of Irish Lights asked if thelife-boat would take relief men to the Coningbeg Lightvessel as their own boats were unavailable, and at ten o'clock on the morning of the 31st of March, 1952, the...
As oil prices continue to rise, it is timely that the RNLI has struck a deal with Switch with Which? , the UK’s only not-for-profit energy price comparison website. Switch with Which? compares thousands of tariff and payment options on both...
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Lowestoft, Suffolk.—Shortly after two o'clock on the afternoon of the 15th of September, 1952, the coastguard re- ported that the motor trawler Red Snapper, of Lowestoft, was aground on the Newcombe Sands three-quarters of a mile...
OCTOBER 12TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
At 11.55 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a fishing vessel was flashing signals about two and a half miles off-shore, and later they reported that she had fired a red Very...
MAY 28TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. On the instructions of the naval authorities the life-boat went to an allotted berth, ready if necessary to help in the landing of refugees from vessels which were expected, but her help was not needed. - Rewards,...
Leesa Espley from Hunstanton is the fi rst woman in the RNLI to get a hovercraft licence. Photo: Simon Barber. - View image in PDF
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