Blackpool and Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire ; Llandudno, Caernarvon- shire ; and Rhyl, Flintshire. Between three o'clock and 3.15 on the afternoon of the 9th of October, 1958, the hon- orary secretaries and coxswains of the life-boat...
Tow in strong gale A VESSEL DRIFTING DANGEROUSLY close to land at Caldrine Bay was reported to HM Coastguard on the afternoon ofJanuary 10. The Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Campbeltown lifeboat station at 1300. Of the...
RAMSGATE,NORTH DEAL AND WALMER In response to signals fired by the North Sand Head and Gull Light-vessels, the Life-boats Bradford, of Ramsgate, Mary Sommerville, stationed at North Deal, and Civil Service No. 4, of Walmer, were launched on...
During his tour of Wales last July, Prince Charles spent the day in Holyhead and at RAF Valley near Trearddur Bay. Following official duties and lunch the Prince made an informal walkabout amongst the public who were enjoying a 'Families... - View image in PDF
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The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
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Barry Dock lifeboat station has very close links with RAF Kinloss, a friendship which began six years ago when Fl-Lt Tony Cowan and a colleague were testing a homing device they had invented. After a satisfactory completion of the trials, in... - View image in PDF
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Lowestoft’s 14m Tyne class lifeboat Spirit of Lowestoft was called out to the 159m cargo vessel American Tern on 15 November 2010 (pictured). Just before 7am, one of the cargo ship’s crew had crushed his thumb in a hatch and needed medical...
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Faster... and further The abilities of the new generation of fast lifeboats were highlighted on the very day that this page of The Lifeboat went to press - with Eyemouth's Trent Barclaycard Crusader going to the aid of a stricken fishing...
Flag days have been beating all records in this 'Year of the Lifeboat'.
Here are just a few results: On London lifeboat day, March 19, £69,355 was collected, nearly £9,000 more than in 1973. For the flag...
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Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 1.22 in the afternoon of the 30th of October, 1951, the Zetland medical officer for health asked if the life-boat would take a doctor to Fair Isle to treat a sick man, as the regular mail boat was under- going repairs....