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Stronsay, Orkneys - At 4.15 p.m. on 3rd March, 1967, news was received that a sick child at North Ronaldsay required immediate hospital attention. The patient was embarked on the life-boat The John Gellatly Hyndman which slipped her mooring...
A Canoe
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. On the afternoon of the 12th of July, 1958, the life-boat Rachael and Mary Evans was launched on exercise, and at 1.45 a canoe taking part in a race from Barry Dock to Weston-super-Mare was seen to capsize one...
The S.S. Bencroy
An excep- tionally severe gale was experienced on all coasts of the United Kingdom on the 22nd February, and about 12.40 P.M.
the steam Life-boat Duke of Northumber- land was called out to the assistance of the s.s. Bencroy...
H.M. Tug Fairplay II
MARCH 2ND. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.
At 11 A.M. it was reported that H.M. Tug Fairplay II had stranded on the West Salt Scar Rock, near Redcar. At 11.45 A.M. the motor life-boat Louisa Polden was launched.
The...
Ocean Pride (1)
Amble, Northumberland.—At 12.55 on the afternoon of the 23rd of November, 1955, the life-boat coxswain reported that the local fishing coble Ocean Pride, with a crew of three, was still at sea in worsening weather. At 1.15 the life-boat...
As Lady Leaver Named the Prototype Tyne Fast Slipway
As Lady Leaver named the prototype Tyne fast slipway lifeboat RNLB City of London, she pressed a button and the bottle of champagne broke on deck.. - View image in PDF
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The Sailing Barges May and Portlight (1)
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—About noon on the 21st of February, 1955, a wireless message was received from the Clacton-on-Sea life-boat, which had been launched to the sailing barges May, of Ipswich, and Portlight, of Harwich, which each had...
Long Service Awards
LONG SERVICE AWARDS THE LONG SERVICE BADGE for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more has been awarded to: Barra Island Coxswain/Mechanic J. A. Macneil Campbeltown Second Coxswain R. Scally...
Category: Awards
Andrew Holland a 13-Year-Old Sea Scout from Inverkeithing
Andrew Holland, a 13-year-old Sea Scout from Inverkeithing, Fife, undertook a sponsored 28-day camp out last summer to raise funds for his Scout group and the Institution. Andrew had the company of his brother David who camped with him for... - View image in PDF
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INSHORE RESCUE BOAT ON SERVICE St. Ives, Cornwall. At 4.3 on the afternoon of Sunday the 8th September, 1963, the honorary secretary was informed by the coastguard that a man was being swept out to sea at Watergate Bay twenty two and a half...