JULY 21ST. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE. At 7.10 P.M. the life-boat coxswain was told by the coastguard that the small outboard motor fishing boat Ivy, with a crew of two, was making signals of distress. A fresh W.S.W.
wind was...
Thursday, 2nd October, 1884.
EDWARD BIRKBECK, Esq., M.P., V.P,, in the Chair.! Read and approved the Minutes of the pre- vious meeting, and those of the Finance and j Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub- '...
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Pull out RNLI AGM and APA An invitation to all supporters It has been another busy year for the RNLI. Supporters can re? ect on the events of 2007 at the RNLI’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual Presentation of Awards (APA) at the...
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.—On the even- ing of the 9th April the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was in diffi- culties one mile S.W. of Clacton pier, and the motor life-boat Edward Z.
Dresden was launched at 7.45 P.M. A light N.W. breeze was...
An injured man stepping ashore from the Cromer life-boat Ruby and Arthur Reed after being taken from a boat off West Runton, Norfolk, on 3rd March, 1968.. - View image in PDF
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New Quay,Cardiganshire.—At 1.55 on the afternoon of the 18th of August, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a boat was reported in difficulties be- tween five and six miles north-east of New Quay. There was a shirt flying from her mast-head...
WHILE its popularity rise has not been quite so obvious when compared with the pleasure boating explosion as a whole, offshore powerboat racing today has a very strong coastwise following with events held every summer weekend at different...
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Among the new lifeboats that were in action (listed in Launches, left) over the Autumn and Winter was Newquay’s D class lifeboat, Enid Mary. Her crew faced a tricky rescue in the surf when a group of students were cut off by...
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Awards at Herne Bay and The Gugh, Isles of Scilly.
THE Institution has made special awards for two acts of individual gallantry in saving life at sea. one by Mr. Frank Holness, of Herne Bav, the other by Mrs. G. B. Bond,...
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South Western Division Danish coaster capsized RAME HEAD Coastguard reported Plymouth deputy launching authority 1403 on January 16 that the Danish coaster Merc Enterprise was in serious difficulties 23 miles south of Plymouth breakwater,...
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