Penwhere? Even the most enthusiastic lifeboat supporter would have difficulty in identifying this lifeboat station.
Wales? Probably, but even a gazetteer or chart won't be much help in locating it.
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Initially the 37ft Oakley had a completely open cockpit (left, below). - View image in PDF
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'We have a call out about every eight or nine days and we've been out in some terrible conditions. The worst I can remember was when we were called to a ship that had tipped over because the cargo it was carrying had shifted in the...
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HARDY JVJARINE - Factory - Brokerage - Sales - www.hardymarine.co.uk The new . rf Hardy 50 :.
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A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
The RNLI has appointed David Brann as its new director of fundraising and communications.. - View image in PDF
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Five saved from stranded fishing vessel THE 75ft MFV Graceful begins to break up shortly after her crew of five had been taken off by Arklow's Mersey class lifeboat in the early hours of 28 November 1997.
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MARCH 6TH. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
Information had been received that a vessel was in distress off Whitby and that that life-boat was unable to put out owing to the heavy seas. The Runswick life-boat was launched but could...
J UNE 3 RD. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. It had been reported that two of the crew of three of an aeroplane had left their machine by parachute, three miles south of the watch-house, but a piece of parachute was all that could be found. News...