THOMAS MOORE HORNE, who died in January, 1955, at the age of 82, was coxswain of the Exmouth life-boat from 1928 to 1938. He was second coxswain from 1920 to 1928, and before that had been signalman for eleven years..
Category: Obituaries
At 11.13 a.m. on 9th August, 1966, a yacht was seen firing distress signals in the vicinity of the Tongue sands. The life-boat Elizabeth Elson, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 11.20 in a strong south south westerly wind and...
On the 27th July a small sailing boat, with two men and a boy on board, got into difficulties about three-quarters of a mile off the Muglins, at the entrance to the bay. The boat had put out from Bray for Kingstown, but had been blown out...
The spring 2004 Lifeboat Lottery was the highest earning RNLI lottery ever, raising over £381,000 - the equivalent of two inshore lifeboats, a hovercraft and the training of their crews. Congratulations go to first prize winners Mr and...
Category: Articles
MAY 26TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A boy had fallen over the cliff at Berry Head and was too badly injured to be hauled up, but before the life-boat could reach the scene a passing tug had been signalled, had put in to shore and had taken the boy on...
ALNMOUTH.—Two Newbiggin fishingboats, driven from their grounds by a sudden storm on the 17th January, were unable to return to their port. As it was seen that they were in great danger in approaching the shore in the direction they were...
PROPELLER WAS FOULED At 8.40 a.m. on ist June, 1964, the local motor fishing vessel Venus II reported to Whitby harbour by radio telephone that she had fouled her propeller with crab pots. Twenty minutes later the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth...
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.
The lifeboat...
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 10.20 on the night of the 4th of March, 1949, the coastguard asked that the life-boat crew should stand by as a vessel appeared to be in distress to the north of Ramsey.
At 10.50 they reported that...
A floating batmobile that could have done with being able to fly.
Shoreline member Mr K. Kendall's entry in last summer's South Kibble raft race had, for much of the seven mile course, to be carried and pulled along... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs