To his friends and colleagues, David Stogdon appeared to live entirely without fear yet he was a survivor of at least two near-death experiences. In 1940, during the Second World War, the destroyer Brazen sank underneath the young naval...
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Aberystwyth: On Saturday August 20, a fine, warm day after a night of violent thunder storms, Aberystwyth's new Mk IV Zodiac D class inflatable, twin-engined lifeboat was handed over and a service of dedication was held for the... - View image in PDF
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In thirty months of war the Institution has awarded to- lite-boatmen 143 ajedals for gallantry, aad life-boatmen have also wen the Distinguished S*rvie» Med*i, the British Empire Medal aad the George Medal..
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Some w a y s of f i l l i n g t he CO f f e r s . . . A clean sweep! The Royal Burgh of Cullen ladies lifeboat guild, established in May 1990, recently held a tombola evening which raised £700. The village of Cullen in north east...
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Coxswains of three lifeboats which were on service for more than 20 hours at the height of the Fastnet storm:. - View image in PDF
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DURING the years 1963 to 1969 inclusive the Institution opened no fewer than 49 new stations and closed 11. These contrasting figures are evidence of the way in which the R.N.L.I. has been coping with the increasing demands...
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For which Rewards were given at the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At about 5 P.M. on the 21st August, an open out- board motor boat, with three men and...
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WE heartily congratulate the BOARD OF TRADE on the very satisfactory information it has been able to place before the public, in its recently-issued Annual Blue Book, relative to the shipping casualties on the coast of the United Kingdom...
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AUGUST 23RD. - PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN At 11.35 A.M. information was received through the police that a British aeroplane was in the sea off Dalby. A moderate westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 12.10 P.M. the motor life-boat...
THE month of October ended with, a week of strong winds rising at times to gales, which reached their climax on the 28th and 29th. On those two days it blew a severe gale from the south and west over Southern Ireland, England and Wales,...