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Fundraising
'RNLI day' reader offer National Boat Shows Ltd (NBS) has supported the RNLI for more than 25 years, donating free stand space and berths at both the London and Southampton International Boat Shows. This has enabled the RNLI to build...
Category: Articles
Olline
Eleven-hourservice in Force 11 winds saves six Coxswain David Mason could hardly have known how many 'firsts' he was going to notch up when he took Great Yarmouth and Gorleston's new Trent class to sea at 0500 on 29...
St. Pierre Eglise
Douglas, Isle of Man.—At 10.-12 on the night of the 24th of March, 1953, the Ramsey coastguard rang up to say that a vessel south of Douglas Head was blowing short blasts on its siren, and at eleven o'clock the Douglas Head Lighthouse...
New Life-Boats
HARWICH, ESSEX ; POLKERRIS and FOWEY, CORNWALL BULL BAY, ANGLESEY ; TROON and PORT ERROLL, SCOTLAND. — It having been found necessary to replace the Life-boats at these stations by new boats, the crews were as usual called upon to furnish...
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The 82-Year-Old Bedford One of the World's Oldest Life-Boats Being Prepared Last Year for Transport from Her Shed at South Shields Co Durham to the Exeter Museum
The 82-year-old Bedford, one of the world's oldest life-boats, being prepared last year for transport from her shed at South Shields, Co. Durham, to the Exeter museum.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services
Date Station 1960 Jan. 1 Scarborough ..
„ 2 Walton and Frinton „ 3 Kilmore „ 13 Filey ..
„ 16 Whitby „ 17 Swanage „ 19 Southend-on-Sea 20 Arklow „ 20 Tynemouth ..
„ 21 Gal way Bay...
Category: Services
AT A STORM'S MERCY
Caught in the path of Storm Abigail, the crew of a broken-down shellfish trawler needed RNLI volunteers to come to their aid – quickly
As the storm passed over them on 12 November 2015, the 12 men onboard trawlers Genesis...
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Mrs Reed at Cromer
Mrs. R. M. Reed, of Eastbourne, who in 1967 gave the new 48-foot 6-inch Oakley life-boat Ruby and Arthur Reed in memory of her late husband, Mr. A.
E. Reed, of Stamford, Lincolnshire (THE LIFE-BOAT, September, 1967),...
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An Aeroplane (123)
SEPTEMBER 4TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea and on fire off Worthing Pier, but nothing could be found.
- Rewards, £4 1s..
An Aeroplane (123)
AUGUST 19TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. An R.A.F. aeroplane had been reported down in the sea in the estuary of the River Dee, but nothing was found. - Rewards : New Brighton, £9 5s.; Hoylake, £17 10s..