In the forenoon of the 9th March, the schooner Cairnduna, of Thurso, bound from Dundee to Sunder- land, was driven ashore on the strand below Bamborough Castle, about five miles from the Life-boat Station at North Sim- derland. The Life-boat...
At about 3 P.M. on the 29th April a small sailing boat capsized in a squally N.E. wind. News of the accident was telephoned to the life*boat station and the permanent second coxswain of the motor life-boat, accom- panied by another man,...
Three iifeboatmen', II. to r.) Muriel Winfield, Doris Smith and Barbara Fitzgerald, from Kidlington branch, perform ' The Lifeboat Song' during the branch's Old Tyme Music Hall held last April. The lyrics were written by... - View image in PDF
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Odd man out: the new 20ft Boston Whaler Outrage, recently stationed at Poole and replacing a 17ft Dell Quay Dory. She is the only boat of this type in the RNLI fleet; she has a crew of three, a maximum speed of 30 knots and an endurance at... - View image in PDF
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Below, bottom picture.The fastest lifeboat at the conference was the Dutch rigid inflatable Johannes Frederic class. This 14.4m (47ft) rigid inflatable with an aluminium hull is capable of 36 knots, almost the fastest lifeboat at the... - View image in PDF
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TROON.—A terrific gale of wind from W. to N.W. suddenly sprung] up on the morning of the 1st November, and while the storm was at its height the schooner Roe Cliff, of Skene, bound from Porsgrund, Norway, for Troon, with a cargo of deals and...
At 1.20 A.M. on the 23rd April the Coast- guard reported that a vessel was ashore in Woodston Bay, four miles south of Johnshaven. The crew of the Life-boat Sarah Ann Holden were quickly assem- bled, and the boat left for the wreck, which...
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At 4 P.M.
on 7th November, during a whole N.W.
gale and rough sea, it was reported to the chief engineer of the steam Life-boat that a boat belonging to the ketch TrebisMn, of Padstow, with one man in her,...
On the 28th March a message by telephone was received stating that a schooner was close in shore evidently making for Mont rose. As a strong gale was blowingfrom the E. and there was a very heavy sea on the bar, the Life-boat Robert...