Hayling Island - double silver medal service, 25 October 1992. The photograph shows the difficult and hazardous conditions in which the rescue took place.
Coastguard helicopter attempting to pass a hi-line to the crew of... - View image in PDF
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ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET the Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who was killed in his motor yacht while on holiday last August, will be remembered, as is his wife, the Countess Mountbatten, as a very good friend of the lifeboat...
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Reported to the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management.
September Meeting.
Galway Bay, Co. Galway. — The motor life-boat William Evans was launched at 11 A.M. on the...
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On the morning of the 16th March the same large Life-boat went off, in reply to signals of distress shown by the ketch Equestrian, of Port Gordon, and found that she had five feet of water in her. It was blowing heavily at the time from the...
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—On the morning of the 21st March the ketch Elizabeth, of Goole, was observed about half-a-mile from the shore running straight for the beach in a strong N.E. breeze and a heavy sea. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Edward...
During moderate weather at 5.35 A.M., on the 14th January, flares were observed in the direction of the Newcombe Sands.
The crew of the Life-boat The Two Sisters, Mary and Hannah, were promptly called out and the boat...
Crew transferred to casualty in near-gale conditions The chief of operations has written to Bembridge lifeboat station commending the coxswain and crew for their efforts during a five-hour service in rough conditions on 14 July...
PORTRUSH.—The brigantine Sunshine, of and from St. John, N.B., laden with timber, arrived off Coleraine Bar on the 4th July and anchored, waiting for a sufficient depth of water to enable her to cross the bar. On the 10th a gale from the N.E...
Over fifty R.N.L.I.
life-boats are now equipped with HECTA echo sounders The HECTA Echo-sounder is designed for indefinite use in open cockpits. Its simple meter-type display provides a very clear indication of depth in...
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The Christmas Gales.
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Life-boat's Four Launches in one Day.
THE gales at the end of October and November were followed by rough weather at the end of December, with heavy...