Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk - On 5th September, 1967, the life-boat A%am/proceeded on a service to the auxiliary cutter Theodora for which special awards were granted.
A full account of this service appears on...
Bournemouth, Hampshire - On 19th May, 1968, the IRB saved the motor boat Clipper and rescued her crew of three. A full account of this service, for which special awards were made, appears on page 436..
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The photographs on these two pages are taken from those used in A Source Book of Lifeboats written by Ray Kipling, public relations officer, and recently published by Ward Lock; the book is reviewed on page 56..
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Margate's Mersey class, Leonard Kent, stands by as tugs fight the fire aboard container vessel, Ever Decent, which collided with cruise liner, Norwegian Dream, off the Kent coast on 24 August. See Stop Press on services page 13 for... - View image in PDF
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NOVEMBER 5TH. - BALTIMORE, CO.
CORK. A trawler had struck a rock and had sunk off Cape Clear Island, but the five survivors of the crew of eleven were rescued by people on the island. - Rewards, £9...
AUGUST 6TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
A fishing boat had been reported missing, but she was found by the Malin Head auxiliary rescue-boat. - Rewards, £5 1s. (See Malin Head, “Services by Auxiliary Rescueboats,” page 68.)...
JUNE 13TH. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN, AND ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE. A rowing boat with eight soldiers on board had been driven out to sea, but a nearby fishing boat rescued them. - Rewards : Dunbar, £5 ; St.
Abbs, £6...
The RNLI plan 2010–14 is now available to view online, at rnli.org.uk/fiveyearplan.
The plan sets out clearly how the RNLI intends to carry on its proud tradition while addressing potentially difficult times ahead. See...
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SEPTEMBER 16TH. - SALCOMBE , DEVON. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but her crew had been picked up from their rubber dinghy by a Hope Cove fishing boat. - Rewards, £6 13s.
(See Hope Cove, “ Services by...