FLARES WERE SEEN Dungeness, Kent. At 8.35 p.m. on 22nd October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen off Dengemarsh. There was a moderate westerly breeze with a rough sea. At 9.30 the life-boat Mabel...
DIVERTED ON PASSAGE Life-boat O.N. 44-001. At i p.m. on I4th February, 1965, the life-boat O.N.
44-001 received whilst on passage between Littlehampton and Cowes a radio message from the coaster Chartsman that she had...
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Whitstable, Kent. At approximately 2.15 p.m. on 8th September, 1965, the honorary secretary was told that a small dinghy with one person on board was in difficulties a half a mile off shore. At 2.20 the IRB launched in a strong southwesterly...
Dover, Kent - At 1.47 p.m. on I2th July, 1966, the harbour control station informed the honorary secretary that an auxiliary motor yacht was dismasted and in difficulties about one mile and a half south of the breakwater. Her engine had...
Ballycotton, Co. Cork - At 12.50 a.m.
on 20th July, 1966, a small dinghy, with four youths aboard, was reported missing.
At 1.50, following a message saying that boat could not be found in the harbour, the...
Everyone interested in the Life-Boat Service—whether young or old— will value this book RESCUE CALL Angus MacVicar An account of the development of the life-boat services in Britain, theCommon- wealth and America. Although all tech-...
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St David's ladies' guild held an aide tyme music hall at Warpool Court Hotel on February 1, attended by about 200 people, most of them in splendid period costume. A glittering evening of song, dance and mirth was under the... - View image in PDF
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Tynemouth's Arun class lifeboat George and Olive Turner was called to the aid of the fishing vessel Kalisto which caught fire on 15 September 1990.
The two crew had jumped overboard and been airlifted ashore, but... - View image in PDF
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by Rick Tomlinson (Rothman Sailing) Bright and breezy conditions for the Ballyglass Arun class lifeboat ON 1159 Mabel Williams off the west coast of Ireland.. - View image in PDF
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