FLASHING LIGHT Longhope, Orkney. At 3.30 a.m. on I5th March, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a quick flashing light that appeared to be travelling westwards had been observed half a mile off Cantick Head...
Dungeness, Kent. At 10.5 a.m. on 24th September, 1965, the yacht Corinne was reported aground at Camber. One of her crew of three had been seen to swim ashore. There was a moderate southsouth- westerly breeze with a choppy...
POOR VISIBILITY At 2.15 p.m. on 25th May, 1966, a man informed the motor mechanic that he had seen a launch which seemed to be drifting about three miles south west of Mallaig.
The motor mechanic, together with the honorary...
Dunbar, East Lothian - At 6.39 p.m.
on 22nd March, 1967, the motor fishing vessel Seton Queen was reported to be running short of fuel. She had been fishing between Barr Rock and May Island and was overdue. This had been...
Fleetwood, Lancashire - At i p.m.
on 25th April, 1967, a converted prawner was endeavouring to sail up river but was not making much progress against the ebbing spring tide. The yacht was kept under observation and by 6...
Mudeford's new lifeboathouse, funded almost entirely by the branch with strong local support, was opened on Sunday June 28 by Vice- Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a deputy chairman of the Institution.
The ceremony followed... - View image in PDF
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Two of the drivers. Peter Marlow (I) and Paul Selway (r), who took part in a sponsored drive around the lifeboat stations of the South West, organised by Pill branch, Bristol, last September.
They are seen here outside the... - View image in PDF
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SAFETY RFD are pioneers in the field of inflatable equipment.
They were the first company to introduce automatic inflation — the first to produce canopied liferafts - the first to receive Government Approval for liferafts...
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I thought you might enjoy seeing this rather different picture of the Dungeness lifeboat.
I took it during the Parade of the Services that was part of the Queen's jubilee celebrations on 4 June. A great day and it was... - View image in PDF
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68 years ago — From THE LIFEBOAT of 1928 With the recent success of the RNLI resource packs 'Launch!' and 'Lifeboats' (see feature below) as part of the youth promotion campaign, it is interesting to look back and see what...
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