LLANDUDNO.—The Sunlight No. 1 Lifeboat, manned by its efficient crew, rendered its first service in saving life during the heavy gale which prevailed along the coast on the 7th October. Early that morning two fishing trawlers from Hoylake,...
Battle royal The peace of the Glasgow afternoon was shattered by the sound of rocket and gunfire and the waiting crowd watched with tense expectation. A variety of lifeboats stood by waiting for the call as the Russian battle fleet closed in...
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SEPTEMBER 6TH. - HASTINGS AND EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX. At 12.40 in the afternoon information was received from the coastguard and the police that anaeroplane was down in the sea. A fresh W.S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The aeroplane...
Twenty-six rescued HM COASTGUARD at Shoreham MRSC telephoned the honorary secretary of Shoreham Harbour lifeboat station at 0817 on Monday January 21 asking that the lifeboat be placed on standby; a merchant vessel, the 3,500-ton Greek...
A PASSAGE up the Thames by the new Walmer life-boat in March, 1959, gave civil servants in appreciable numbers an opportunity of inspecting one of the boats which has been provided for the Institution by the civil servants' own...
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Edinburgh and R. M. Ballantyne, 30 feet long, 7 feet wide, 10 oars.
THE Life-boat Edinburgh and R. M, Ballantyne was placed on this station in 1866.
Port Logan is a small bay in Wigtonshire, on the...
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SINCE the publication of the last number of the LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL, terrible disas- ters have befallen the crews of the Life- boats at Southport and St. Anne's, on the coast of Lancashire, the full details of which are given in the...
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Lifeboat People It is with deep regret that we announce the death on June 3 of C. G. Freke, CIE.
Mr Freke joined the Committee of Management in 1953 and was elected a vice-president in 1962. He served on various...
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IT was with signal pleasure that all friends of the Life-boat cause heard of the gallant and successful efforts made by the brave fishermen and boatmen of the Portuguese Life-boat Society in rescuing 200 persons from the ill-fated S.S....
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In an informal ceremony the flag of the Y.L.A. was presented to Captain L. Edwards (left) of the trawler Lady Ruth by Mr. D. Arter, secretary of the Raglan, New Zealand, sea rescue organisation. In 1970 Captain Edwards and the Lady Ruth were... - View image in PDF
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