Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 11.40 a.m. on 2Oth October, 1965, the coastguard told the coxswain that the fishing coble Moss Rose was out in conditions likely to deteriorate. The life-boat Friendly Forester was launched in a strong...
Penlee, Cornwall - At 7.30 p.m. on 9th March, 1966, a telephone message was received that the life-boat Solomon Browne was needed to meet the British ship Silver Comet, as there was an injured man on board who needed hospital attention. At...
A special £1 draw was organised for this magnificent cake made in the shape of Exmouth lifeboat, just one of the attractions at a dance at Langslone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish, organised by 13 of the water sport clubs on the River Exe. The... - View image in PDF
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Unmistakable, despite the Tarn o'Shanter disguise, Ronnie Corbett takes the helm of Eyemouth's Waveney class lifeboat which brought him to Eyemouth to open the ladies' guild's first ever gala last August. It was linked to the... - View image in PDF
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Relief D class A 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat to be used in the relief fleet was handed over and dedicated on the evening of Wednesday July 17, 1985, at the RNLl's Poole depot. She was the gift of the Ancient Order of Foresters,... - View image in PDF
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EACH YEAR particular recognition is given to crew members taking part in conspicuous rescues, and in 1973 the RNLI annual awards were presented to lifeboatmen from Bridlington (Yorkshire), St Helier (Jersey) and Torbay...
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Two incidents on opposite sides of the English Channel during January resulted in seven seamen being landed from leaking commercial vessels.
Safely ashore - one. The four crew from the coaster Manias are pictured (right)...
The West Wight guild celebrated its 25th anniversary on 9 May 1996 with a successful buffet supper at the Royal Solent Yacht Club in Yarmouth.
At the event, which was attended by almost 100 people including the president,... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain Hewitt Clark Silver Medal Coxswain Hewitt Clark and the crew of Lerwick's Arun rescued 67 seamen from a stranded factory ship in appalling weather conditions on 31 October 1994. The lifeboat had to go into a narrow opening... - View image in PDF
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Norman Salvesen was involved in a less hazardous, but nonetheless demanding, tow on 7 April this year when she successfully brought the 450-ton cargo vessel Eilean Mo Grhidh to safety after her engines had failed and the tide was sweeping...