Triple rescueThe last day of June 2001 marked the end of the BT Global Challenge and Calshot's D class lifeboat RJM was at sea to welcome the yachts back to Southampton. RNLI lifeboats are always on call, however, and at just after 3pm,...
The angry state of the sea at the time is well illustrated in this striking aerial picture of the wreck of the m.v. Anzio / off the Lincolnshire coast on 3rd April, 1966. Some of the crew of the Number life-boat were injured because of the... - View image in PDF
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HOLYHEAD.—On the 23rd November, at about 3.30 A.M., during a very heavy gale, signals of distress were seen in the bay.
The Life-boat Thomas Fielden was immediately launched, and proceeded in tow of a steamer to the...
MAY 24TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 4.45 A.M. a message was received from the Deal coastguard that a steamer, with a number of women and children on board, had been bombed by enemy aircraft and was drifting in the South Downs. A light south-west...
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Four cobles of Spittal and Berwick went out during the forenoon on the 6th April to recover their gear, which they had been obliged to abandon three days previously owing to heavy winds. They proceeded to Goswick Bay, and had hardly...
Palmer 'ands it over Easterners' dodgy geezer George Palmer (aka actor Paul Moriarty) presented a cheque to crew members of Brighton lifeboat in March. The presentation was held at the local pub, Spanish Lady, and was the result of a...
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Fast fleet 'on target' for 1993 WITH RECORD numbers of lifeboats under construction or on order, the RNLI's chairman, the Duke of Atholl told a packed Royal Festival Hall on May 12 of his vision of the service in the year...
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PRESENTATION GIFTS THE WESTCOUIMTRY "PURITAN" SERVING SPOON A spoon of limited manufacture, produced by Wigfull's for occasions of celebration and personal importance.
A very fine example of English...
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