Falmouth (below): The warm, sunny July weather gave way to blustery winds and an overcast sky for the annual Falmouth lifeboat service at Custom House Quay on the evening of Sunday July 31.
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Sheringham, and Cromer, Norfolk.
At 9.50 on the morning of the 31st of May, 1958, the Cromer coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a re- quest had been made by the Trinity House Superintendent at Great Yar...
Kevin Walker, one of the younger members of Galtres Forest branch, recently presented a cheque for £207 to Teesmouth lifeboat station. Kevin, pictured handing the cheque over to coxswain Peter Race, raised the money by completing a 25... - View image in PDF
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WHITBY and UPGANG, YORKSHIRE.— About 9.45 on the night of the 21st January information reached the Coxswain at Whitby that a steamer wasashore at Upgang, whereupon the No.
Life-boat, Robert and Mary Ellis,"was launched...
IN DISTRESS ON A PLEASURE TRIP Swanage, Dorset.—At 2.25 in the morning of the 30th of August, 1947, the coastguard reported a small boat flashing the SOS signal in Durlston Bay, and the motor life-boat Thomas Markby was launched at 2.50 in a...
SEPTEMBER 19TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. An aeroplane had crashed into the sea, and a ship which had been seen to stop and put out a small boat was believed to have saved the pilot, but no trace of the observer could be found. -...
On the 13th February the Appledore Life-boat, Hope, saved the crew of 3 men from the wreck of the schooner Lydney Trader, of Barnstaple. That vesselhad sailed last from Caldy Island, and had tried to get into Barnstaple Har- bour, but failed...
DECEMBER 18TH. - ST. MARY’S, SCILLY ISLES. An aeroplane’s dinghy had been reported some miles S.W. of the Bishop Rock, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £12 4s. 6d..
. . . and from Falmoiith: During Her Majesty's visit on August 6, Prince Andrew took the helm (below) when he and Prince Edward went out with Coxswain West in the station boarding boat.
Earlier Coxswain West, one of the... - View image in PDF
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Thursday, 23rd August, 1934.
Paid £18,054 10s. 5d. for the total charges of the Institution during the month, includ- ing rewards for services, payments for the construction of life-boats, life-boathouses and slipways,...
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