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Skua
Wick, Caithness - At 12.3 p.m. on 17th October, 1969, the coastguard sent a message to the coxswain of the life-boat that a red flare had been sighted some four to five miles south of the coastguard lookout and that there was a small boat in...
Dr. Joseph Soar M.B.E
The death is also announced of Dr. Joseph Soar, M.B.E., who was honorary secretary at St.
David's, Pembrokeshire, from 1926 to 1963. In 1943 he received the bronze medal of the Institution for the part he played in the...
Category: Obituaries
A Launch (1)
On trials...
but on service Baltic Exchange II, a brand new Tyne carrying out engine trials before going on station at Salcombe, came to the aid of Ramsgate's harbourmaster on Saturday 30 July.
The...
Birthday Celebrations
The vast majority of supporters and readers of The Lifeboat will know by now that the RNLI celebrated its 175th anniversary on 4 March.
Each one of the 223 lifeboat stations in the UK and Republic of Ireland raised a...
Category: Articles
A Yacht
Severe Weather Hits Yacht Blyth's all-weather lifeboat, one of the victims of the hoax call on the previous page, is pictured towing a yacht to safety on 17 October last year after she had fallen foul of suddenly deteriorating weather....
Helping Hands
Photo: East Anglian Daily Times The East Anglian Daily Times newspaper has raised £50,000 towards the new boathouse at Harwich through its Heroes at Sea Appeal.
As part of the appeal, all schools throughout Suffolk and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Money In Memory
Following the untimely death of Phil Doolan of Fareham, his family asked that money be donated to the RNLI as he was a keen sailor and dinghy instructor.
Phil was a consultant in the defence industry and had a long... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sarah's Cash Concert
Rising country-rock star Sarah Jory (left) played a special solo acoustic concert on 6 October in aid of the Wells lifeboat-raising £1,700.
Sarah, who has been gigging non-stop in the UK and abroad for the past five... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Hard Shoulder to Lean On.
A hard shoulder to lean on.
Motorists on the M25 had something to distract them from the inevitable traffic jams in July when the ex- Courtmacsherry Solent class lifeboat R.
Hope Roberts made a passage to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Great Rail Journeys
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