The naming ceremony o? the life-boat Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No. 35) at St. Katharine Docks, London, on 4th May, 1966, and (right) Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, being presented with a bouquet by 4 year old Alison Catherine Gibb... - View image in PDF
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The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION and all belonging to them are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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JANUARY 29TH-31ST and FEBRUARY 1ST.
- CLOUGHEY, AND DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. At 12.50 A.M. information came to the Cloughey station from the coastguard at Tara that the S.S. Alhena, of Rotterdam, of 5,000 tons, laden with...
Liam is readying himself for the shout as he laces his shoes. ‘As soon as you hear that pager, there’s an adrenaline rush. And then you take a breath and you mellow yourself. You think: “Right. What could we be going to?”’
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100 years ago The summer 1906 issue of the Journal featured an old sea dogliterally - in a report on the Clacton lifeboat, which went to the aid of a wrecked schooner Renner. The schooner's captain had been reluctant to leave his beloved...
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New Brighton, Cheshire. At 5.21 on the afternoon of the 21st of January, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a collision had taken place near the Canada dock between the coaster Lurcher and the Greek motor vessel...
A race with a difference took place in Berkshire in aid of the RNLI. When the minister of Maidenhead Synagogue, Rabbi Jonathan Romain, heard that the ancient Cookham regatta was to be revived he proposed that one of the races be entitled the... - View image in PDF
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SIR,—As there have been so many changes of late years in all that is connected with sailors and ships, the loss of life at sea is a subject well worth considering during what may be termed the experimental period. The loss is not so great...
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DECEMBER 14TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 10.45 in the morning the coastguard reported white rockets at Bullers of Buchan, about four miles to the south of Peterhead. A strong south-south-east wind was blowing, with a...
D class inflatable saves two from lee shore in near gale Helmsman Alan Attrill of Bembridge inshore lifeboat has been accorded the RNLFs Thanks on Vellum following the rescue last August of three people from a yacht aground on Bembridge...