On the morning of the 15th of April, 1954, the Whitby No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepzvorth rescued four men from the local fishing-boat Foxglove. One of the four had been swept overboard by a heavy sea, and to rescue the others the coxswain...
Life-boat 70-001 at Clovelly, Devon - On the night of 8th February, 1967, the watchman on board the life-boat Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No. 35) was asked by the coxswain to keep a look-out for a ship's boat from the motor vessel...
• Wooden Boats and Men of Steel tells the story of Withernsea lifeboats from 1862 to 1913 when the station was closed and the lifeboat transferred to Easington. Paul Baker is very much involved with the present day Withernsea lifeboat...
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Tyne's 26-hour service in storm force winds Coxswain Kieran Cotter of Baltimore's relief Tyne class lifeboat has received the RNLI's Bronze Medal for Gallantry following a 26-hour service to two separate casualties in winds up to...
Now available LIFEBOAT VC The Story of Coxswain Dick Evans and His Many Rescues Ian Skidmore £4.95 He has received a standing ovation at the Guildhall in London, and appeared on 'This is Your Life'. He is not a film star but a...
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MEMBER MAKES SAVE MEMBER No. 4992-F, Mr. P. V. Wright, Newtownards, Co. Down, in his 28 ft converted ship's boat Wavechaser effected a dramatic rescue of three people in a stiff wind and heavy sea in Strangford Lough on 15th July. We...
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UNSEATED THEN TREATED At 7.30 p.m. on 9th January, 1964, a local doctor told the honorary secretary that a young woman who had fallen from her bicycle needed hospital treatment. As no other boat was available the life-boat Mabel Marion...
NOVEMBER 11TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY. At 2.5 A.M. a steamer east of Salt Island was heard blowing on her siren, and a flare was seen, and at 2.55 A.M. the French motor life-boat Jean Charcot, on temporary duty at this station, was...
Douglas, Isle of Man.—At 12.30 in the morning, on the 30th of April, 1950, the Ramsey coastguard telephoned that flares had been seen off Onchan Head.
At 12.45 the life-boat Millie Walton was launched in a thick fog with a...
The Motor Life-boat Greater London (Civil Service No. 3) was launched at 8.20 P.M. on 15th April, as the Coastguard had reported that the Nore Lightvessel was firing distress signals. A strong N.E. wind was blowing with a heavy sea. The...