Whitby, Yorkshire. On the after- noon of the 22nd of January, 1959, the coxswain was informed that four local fishing boats were still at sea. As there was a big fresh coming down the river and a strong northerly wind was blowing, it was...
During a moderate S.S.W. gale on the 5th January, a report was received that the fishing-boat Marys, belonging to Ballantrae, which was expected back at Port Patrick by mid-day, had not returned. The weather at the time was threatening and...
Colours paraded Kilkeel lifeboat crew member Earnest McKee, escorted by fellow crew members Geoffrey Annett and John Fisher, carried the colours of the RNLI at the National Service for Seafarers at St Paul's Cathedral in London on 20... - View image in PDF
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ON the night of the 25th of October, 1949, a whole northerly gale was blow- ing at Holyhead with violent squalls at forty and fifty miles an hour. The sea was very rough; the night dark with heavy squalls of rain.
A small...
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Lady Hamilton would have approved! Bucklers Hard Boat Builders offer a comprehensive facility that includes a full repair & maintenance, custom build facility (power & sail), mobile crane up to 35 tons, summer & winter...
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Lady Hamilton would have approved! Bucklers Hand Boat Builders offer a comprehensive facility that includes a Rill repair & maintenance, custom build facility (power & sail), mobile crane up to 35 tons, summer & winter...
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Mrs Asa Richman explains the art of spinning at the craft fair held last autumn by Wembury Peninsula branch, Plymouth.
Other demonstrations were given by a potter, glass engraver, macrame worker, pewter worker, flower... - View image in PDF
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On the afternoon of the 21st May the motor boat May Belle got into difficulties oft Littlestone.
Her engine had broken down, and she began to drift. She was making her first trip with her owner and five other men on board....
COXSWAIN/MECHANIC Eric T. Offer, of Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, has been awarded the bronze medal of the Institution for a shore boat service in which he rescued two men who got into difficulties at night in the harbour.
At...
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The Lifeboat enthusiasts’ handbook 2009 is now out and available for £6. Essential for all who want to be sure of numbers, names and locations of every RNLI lifeboat, launching tractor and more, it can be ordered from the...
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