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The Romanian Cargo Ship Savinesti (1)
Blizzard ON THURSDAY MORNING February 15 a Romanian cargo ship, Savinesti, with 28 people on board was reported in distress 125° 37.5 miles from Spurn Point; she had engine failure and was dragging her anchor. After liaison (made more...
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A 15 year old youth ran up to a group of fishermen by the harbour at Dunbar, East Lothian, and told them that his brother had been washed off the rocks at the harbour entrance.
Coxswain Robert Brunton, who was present with...
Tribute to H.R.H. Princess Marina
THE NEWS of the passing of Her Royal Highness Princess Marina, President of the Institution for over 25 years, was received with very real sorrow by all connected with the work of life-saving at sea.
Capt. the Hon. V. M....
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Attempted Rescue By Second Coxswain
Shortly after 4 p.m. on 12th September, 1967, Mr R. W. S. Gould, who is second coxswain of the Bembridge life-boat, was working in his cafe on the beach at Bembridge when his attention was called to a bather in difficulties some 200 yards...
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some recent publications reviewed EDWARDIAN WORTHING Eventful Era in a Lifeboat Town written and published by Rob Blann at £12.95 ISBN 09516277 1 6 Foreword by RaymondBaxter, RNLl vice president and member of the committee of management...
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The S.S. Whinstone, of Preston (1)
ON 25th November, just before eight o'clock in the morning, the Donna Nook Life-boat went out in answer to signals of distress. The conditions could not i She found the Whinstone at anchor, after have been worse. A whole gale was I...
Lifeboat Services
South Western Division Tanker aground GUERNSEY LIFEBOAT, the 52' Arun Sir William Arnold, had been called out at 2250 on July 14, 1975, to escort a fishing boat under tow into harbour.
She returned from this service at...
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Life-Boat Day Results
WE print below a list of the results of the Life-boat Days which have been held since the last list was published in the August number of The Life-Boat. Yeovil Comments on the results of this year's Special Efforts will be found in "...
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One man's courage A young man swept into the sea and crushed against rocks would surely have died were it not for the brave actions of lifeboatman Fergal Walsh. With no regard for the risk to himself he plunged into the sea to save the...