Children from the Summerswood Junior School, Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, visited the R.N.L.I. Depot at Boreham Wood late last year. The following are extracts from letters received after their visit.
'The place I liked...
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Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 2nd of August, 1959, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that he had been keeping a converted ship's boat under observation for some time as she was...
YACHT TOWED AFTER ANCHOR CHAIN CLEARED Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 7.45 on the evening of the 18th June, 1962, the coastguard at Penmon informed the honorary secretary that an unidentified yacht was anchored about one mile south-by-east of the...
AT 5.50 a.m. on 2yth October, 1963, Valentia radio station informed the honorary secretary of the Youghal life- boat station, Commander B. Arbuth- not, that the French trawler Fee des Ondes was ashore in Youghal Bay. The position given,...
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Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 9.54 on the morning of the 9th of July, 1960, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized off Brooklands Jaywick and that her crew were clinging to the keel. The life- boat Sir Godfrey...
CRIES FOR HELP Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. At 12.10 a.m. on nth December, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a police constable on duty near the Pier Hotel had heard cries for help which seemed to come from the...
BRIDLINGTON, February 1, 1988: a southerly gale to strong gale force 9 and the trawler Diana with three men aboard had been dodging the seas off Flamborough Head since the early hours of the morning. At 1530 the coastguard reported that she... - View image in PDF
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THE forecasting of storms and weather- changes is generally supposed to be wrapped in mystery, md the rules which have from time to time been laid down for the assistance of the would-be fore- caster, to say the least, only experimental,...
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Three lifeboat volunteers from Port Isaac, Cornwall (pictured, above), will be awarded RNLI Medals for Gallantry, after saving a man’s life on 8 April.
Helm Damien Bolton will receive the Silver Medal, while Crew Members...
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21 February 2014
The wait is over as The Morrell arrives on station at Dungeness, Kent. The first fully operational Shannon class lifeboat is 50% faster than the Mersey she replaces. She will reach...
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