A vellum has also been awarded to Second-coxswain F. Upton, of Walmer, who, at great risk, went on board a naval trawler from the life-boat when the trawler was labouring in heavy seas close to the Goodwins. She fell over so far that the...
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Dungeness lifeboat Crew Member Garry Clark is to receive the RNLI's Silver Medal for his bravery and determination during the rescue of seven people from the yacht Liquid Vortex on 3 January this year.
In a long and...
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20 March: Lymington and Yarmouth Five people onboard a 12m yacht, Sea Jay IV, called for help when her mast collapsed and went overboard after catastrophic gear failure in high winds off Hurst Castle. Lymington...
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12 February: Clifden Four experienced fish farmers were working at the mouth of Clifden Bay in Galway when a storm left them stranded and they called for assistance. The Clifden inshore lifeboat rode through huge...
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FEBRUARY 23RD. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
At 6 A.M. four Staithes motor fishing cobles went out to fish. By 9.30 A.M.
it was blowing a strong gale from the E.N.E., with a heavy sea and rain. At 11.55 A.M....
National Lotteries YOU WILL FIND in this journal eight tickets for our fifth national lottery, also a reply paid envelope to use if you wish to take part. The tickets can be sold to any member of the public and not necessarily to members of...
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DURING THE NIGHT of Monday August 13 and Tuesday August 14 southwesterly storm force winds, veering to west north west and gusting to hurricane force, struck the south-western approaches while the international Fastnet Race fleet of 306...
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All Life-boat workers, and particularly those women who help in the actual launching of Life-boats, will be interested to know that there is now in Sweden a woman who is a regular swain had a daughter who had, from the ' very earliest...
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A GREAT PROBLEM is posed by protective clothing. 'Oilskins' made of a single layer of waterproof material will keep out the wet, but, because of the difference in temperature between the outside atmosphere and the body heat, and...
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Bridlington, Yorkshire, life-boat station went out of its way some weeks ago to please a group of blind children.
Mr. Arthur W. Dick, honorary secretary, said a letter asking for this facility from the Tapton Mount School,...
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