THE Institution has awarded the " Miss Maud Smith's reward for courage, in memory of John, Seventh Earl of Hardwicke," for the bravest act of life- saving by a life-boatman in 1950, to W.
Arnell, of the Selsey...
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Cromer, Norfolk.—At 11.30 on the morning of the 10th of August, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a yacht was reported to be burning red flares a mile and a half south-east of Haisborough lightvessel. The no. 1 life-boat Henri/ Blogg...
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 2.35 on the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1957, the coastguard reported that a small motor boat which had engine trouble was sheltering near Reiss Sands and that a motor fishing vessel was stand- ing by. At 3.8...
Padstow, Cornwall - At 8.47 a.m. on 2yth May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Ranger of Lune had engine trouble and was in difficulties twenty-five miles west of Trevose Head. There was a gentle...
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Sunday January 26, 1986: a woman had suffered a suspected heart attack aboard the Belfast to Liverpool ferry, St Colum I. At 0313 Douglas lifeboat, the 46ft 9in Watson class, R. A. Colby Cubbin No 1, launched with the... - View image in PDF
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 53 Number 526 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Assistant Editor: GILL MACE Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Advertisement...
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by Maggie Murray The recipients of the Medals for Gallantry presented at the 1995 Awards aboard Stornoway's new Severn class lifeboat, The Will, at a photocall held the previous day at St Katharine Dock.
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MARCH 3RD. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND EYEMOUTH, AND ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE. About 3.15 in the afternoon men were seen to bale out from an aeroplane which crashed in the sea some two miles off Burnmouth. A light westerly wind...
He has taken on some of the most powerful sportsmen on the planet, but when it came to tackling the water, England rugby star James Haskell had to admit defeat.
James put his weight behind the launch of Respect the Water,...
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"English Coastal Evolution." By E M.
Ward (Methuen, 6s. 8d net).
Reviewed by A. W. Lewis, the Consulting Engineer of the Institution.
COASTAL changes concern the Institution...
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