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Squibb
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At 10.30 p.m. on I2th June, 1965, the coxswain was told that a vessel was burning red flares in Perwick Bay. The life-boat Edward Z. Dresden on temporary duty at the station set out in thick fog at 11.15 in a...
Coxswain Richard Davies - Bronze Medal
Coxswain Richard Davies - Bronze Medal Cromer lifeboat, 13 October 1993 Richard Davies was in charge of Cromer's Tyne class lifeboat when she was involved in a long service in which she rescued a 30ft yacht and saved her crew of four.<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Hundred Years Ago
WALMER AND DEAL, KENT A BRANCH of the National Life-boat Institution, under the above title, has been recently founded at Walmer, and a 30-feet life-boat, on Mr. Peake's plan, perfectly equipped both for sailing and rowing, and combining...
Category: Articles
Lifeboats In Action
THE LIFEBOAT Tyne class lifeboat ON-1116 Roben and Violet Funding Anonymous gift THE CREW Co swain Anthony Barclay Crew members Dave Jones Dave Jones IJnr] Vincent Jones Rod Pace Gary Roberts David Williams MOELFRE LIFEBOAT STATION...
Category: Services
The Sailing Barge Olive May and theYachts Marieta and Saeth
Effective co-operation A FRESH WEST by southerly breeze gusting to near gale, force 7, was blowing along the south coast off Eastbourne on the afternoon of Monday September 1, 1986, when the town's 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat was...
Frieda
Overdue BELFAST COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Portaferry lifeboat station at 1815 on Sunday December 19, 1982, that the yacht Frieda, on passage in Strangford Lough betweeen Killyleagh and Ringshaddy, had been reported...
Rescue
rescue Insight Here is just a handful of incidents from 2007 from around the UK and RoI to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. See pages 20–27 for rescues marked . 1 freeD frOm rOPeS aS water riSeS A...
Category: Articles
The Norwegian Fish Carrier Arnoytrans
Longhope Coxswain Kevin Kirkpatrick and Thurso Second Coxswain Duncan Munro received the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum for two separate services on the same stormy day (mentioned in the winter 2004/05 issue of the Lifeboat)....
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Chong Peng
Combined Operation THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Appledore, North Devon, was informed at 3.26 a.m., on Wednesday, September 19, 1973, that a yacht was in distress 28 miles to the west of the lifeboat station.
The...