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Vellums for Sunderland and Whitehaven

Date: March 1955

Volume: 34

Issue: 371

A VELLUM to mark the 150th anniver- sary of the establishment of a life-boat station at Sunderland was presented on the 6th of October, 1954, by Mr.

Arthur G. Everett, a member of the Committee of Management. The vellum was...

Category: Awards

Andre Deutsch Ltd

Date: July 1972

Volume: 42

Issue: 440

SHIPWRECK Vera Cumberlege Illustrated by Maurice Yardley As a child the author watched the Bembridge lifeboat rowed to a wreck for the last time before a powered boat arrived. The dramatic events of that day remained in her memory and...

Category: Advertisement

Old Life-Boats for Sale. Bought for Conversion

Date: September 1964

Volume: 38

Issue: 409

FORMER R.N.L.I. life-boats can be converted into reliable pleasure craft, as many amateur sailors have dis- covered. Demand is keen for life-boats which are no longer required for the Institution's service and a list is kept of...

Category: Advertisement

Harriet

Date: August 1892

Volume: 15

Issue: 165

MILFORD.—A vessel having been reported to be in a dangerous position on a lee-shore close to St. Ann's Head, while a moderate gale was blowing from the S.E., on the 16th January, the reserve Life-boat placed here while the station's...

An Aeroplane

Date: Spring 1950

Volume: 33

Issue: 354

Swanage, Dorset.—• At 3.28 in the afternoon, on the 16th of April, 1950, the coastguard telephoned a message from the Portland radar station that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea.

The pilot had dropped by parachute...

Christina

Date: March 1965

Volume: 38

Issue: 411

BUMPING HEAVILY Margate, Kent. At 8.45 p.m. on 4th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a vessel was burning red flares off Foreness Point.

There was a choppy sea with a moderate...

Rose

Date: September 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 417

Buckie, Banffshire - At 2 p.m. on 4th May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat had been reported to be drifting approximately four miles north-west of Buckie.

The life-boat Laura Moncur left her...

Piepenhannes

Date: Autumn 1987

Volume: 50

Issue: 502

Weymouth lifeboat Tony Vandervell returns to Weymouth Harbour with the Poole-based yacht Piepenhannes in tow. The yacht fouled a propeller on a pot line at Lulworth Cove on September 6, 1987 and ran aground. A local fishing boat helped her...

A Yacht

Date: Spring 2005

Volume: 60

Issue: 572

If you were rescued by the RNLI, would you thank those involved? Surprisingly, many people don't. Dave Gambell, rescued by Yarmouth lifeboat, is an exception.

What follows is his letter of gratitude to the crew,...

Maurita

Date: 1940

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1940

JANUARY 8TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, LANCASHIRE. The Norwegian steamer Maurita, of Bergen, had stranded, but she did not need help as she was in no immediate danger. - Rewards, £8 2s..