Ramsey lifeboat, the 37ft Oakley class James Ball Ritchie, setting out from harbour on April 10, 1986, in a north-easterly near gale to go to the aid of a cabin cruiser broken down 13 miles off the coast of the Isle of Man.
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SEPTEMBER 4TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea, but the life-boat found nothing. - Rewards, £31 2s. 6d..
OCTOBER 25TH. - PORT ASKAIG, HEBRIDES.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but, as there was no possibility of anyone surviving, the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £10 9s. 6d..
Dismasted yacht AT 1330 on Sunday August 11, 1985, Portland coastguard received a 999 call from a member of the public reporting he had seen a yacht firing a white flare about a mile and a half south of Lulworth Cove. The coastguard at...
Brothers and stations unite When Red Bay lifeboat crew were paged, there was no immediate threat to life for the couple on the yacht, Chtoe. Yet at Red Bay station brothers Tom and Paddy McLaughlin remember thinking: 'It was blowing a...
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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Five French fishermen took to their liferaft in the early hours of Tuesday 8 March when their 17m trawler Cap Lizard ran aground half a mile from Alderney. The island’s Trent class lifeboat Roy Barker...
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Pilot Boat skipper. Joined the crew in 1965 and Coxswain Mechanic since 1979. Hewitt is currently the RNLI's most decorated lifeboatman with one Gold, one Silver and three Bronze medals and four Thanks on I Vellum.. - View image in PDF
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Football clubs by foot John Pope, committee member of the Rushden branch, completed a sponsored walk in August, raising £411 for lifeboat coffers.
He walked 26 miles from Peterborough United football club to Rushden... - View image in PDF
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