Hoylake, Cheshire - On the morning of 31st October, 1969, the honorary secretary learnt that a motor cruiser was stranded off Spencer Spit. The West Kirby IRB was towed to Hoylake by road and launched at 11.25. There was a strong north...
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The Salcombe, Devon, life-boat in a rescue on 15th September, 1968— one of two people picked up.. - View image in PDF
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Herbert Leigh on trials in the Mersey after her refit at Ocean Fleets yard, Birkenhead.. - View image in PDF
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After the opening of Troon Marina last autumn, Troon's 44ft Waveney lifeboat Connel Elizabeth Cargill took part in a combined exercise with a Sea King helicopter from 819 Squadron, HMS Gannet. photograph by courtesy of HMS... - View image in PDF
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Barrow branch has set itself the target of raising £26,000, the estimated cost of reengining and refitting its lifeboat, the 46' 9" Watson, Herbert Leigh. The halfway mark, £13,000, was passed last...
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Ramsgate, Kent. At 1.4 p.m. on 25th September, 1965, the east pier watchman reported that the motor yacht Lady Jane had broken down one mile east of the pier and was signalling for help. The lifeboat Michael and Lily Davis proceeded at 1.14...
Coxswain John Fox (right) and his son Michael were both in the crew of Shoreham Lifeboat Dorothy and Philip Constant when, on August 5, Albin Ballad and her crew of three were rescued during a south westerly gale force 9. Coxswain Fox, who... - View image in PDF
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THE Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters' Association is going from strength to strength as word gets about that a yachtsman who is not a member is like a ship without a rudder. As reported in the June issue of THE LIFE-BOAT, there is...
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