A contrast in conditions for Lerwick's Severn class Michael and Jane Vernon. The main photo shows her on trials before going on station while the inset shows her alongside Green Lily in Force 11 winds. The service won her coxswain Hewitt... - View image in PDF
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(Top) Malcolm Grant (centre left), the winner of the Volvo in the RNLI's 60th national lottery with his wife Margaret (centre right) at the handing over ceremony in Cardiff. Photo Barry Webb (Above) Comedian Billy Burden draws the... - View image in PDF
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6. Amy, daughter of Gary Collett, a boat builder at the ILC, presents a bouquet to Lynn Faulds Wood during the naming ceremony of the Mersey class lifeboat Bingo Lifeline. Photo Janet Smith The two naming ceremonies are described in more... - View image in PDF
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MAY 9TH.. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed into the sea off the Lincolnshire coast, but only wreckage was found. Two shoreboats also took part in the search. (See “ Services by Shoreboats,” Mablethorpe,...
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JUNE 5TH. - DOVER, KENT. The lifeboat rescued fifteen French soldiers from an open boat.
For details see “ Evacuation of Men of the British Expeditionary Force and the French Army from Dunkirk,” page 79..
AUGUST 24TH. - MARGATE, KENT. A German airman had come down by parachute, but he was picked up by a motor boat.
- Rewards, £5 12s. 6d.
(See Herne Bay, “ Services by Shore-boats”, page 140,).
SEPTEMBER 7TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO.
DOWN. Fears had been entertained for the safety of a small yacht, but she made land without aid. - Rewards, £14 3s. 6d.
(See Portaferry, “ Services by Shore-boats”, page...
MAY 2ND. - HELVICK HEAD, CO, WATERFORD. A mine had become entangled in the trawl of a local fishing vessel, It exploded and blew up the vessel. Another fishing boat picked up one survivor, but the life-boat found only oil and wreckage.- -...
DEC. 1 7TH. - WHITBY, AND SCARB O R O U G H , Y O R K S H I R E . A m o t o vessel had been sunk by German aeroplanes, but a boat containing eight survivors was rescued by a fishing boat. - Rewards W h i t b y , £ 9 1 1 s . 3 d . ; S c...