and presentation of awards FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, MAY 21A BRIGHT, sunny morning; friends from all parts of Britain and Ireland gathering on the South Bank of the Thames ready for the annual general meeting and presentation of awards in this...
Category: Meetings
'Abandoned' airman retrieved from dinghy Cullercoats East Division Lifeboats and helicopters are frequent partners in rescue missions, so there was nothing unusual in Cullercoat's C class inflatable working with a helicopter crew...
Aground on the bar ON THE EVENING OF Wednesday July 11, 1984, a yacht, in difficulties in the estuary of the River Ribble, fired a red flare. She could be seen by the auxiliary coastguard at Lytham at anchor, and pounding in heavy...
Arklow, August 2, 1986: Connel Elizabeth Cargill, a 44ft Waveney class lifeboat with a top speed of 15 knots almost twice as fast as any previous Arklow lifeboat and previously stationed at Troon in Scotland, was blessed and re-dedicated to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Southend-on-Sea, May 2, 1986: on a brilliant day, with bunting splashing colour across the blue skies, Princess Anne came to Southend-on-Sea to name a new lifeboat after a local hero. She met and talked to station officials, crew members and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Team Philips is towed to safety Pete Goss' attempt to break the Jules Verne record for the fastest non-stop circumnavigation hit a stumbling block during sea trials on 29 March when his catamaran. Team Philips, lost part of her...
FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHEN BAY.—A telegram having been received from Tenby on the morning of the 30th March intimating that a vessel was showing signals of distress, the Life-boat City of Manchester was launched at 8.35 and proceeded to the...
THE DRAW for the 29th national lottery on April 30, 1985 was made by Captain Philip Roberts DSO who was captain of RFA Sir Galahad when she came under attack during the Falklands conflict in 1982. Before returning to sea in May this year,...
Category: Articles
Boat Insurance for Shoreline Members (and other lifeboat' readers) Temple Insurance Brokers Ltd., specialist Marine Craft Insurance Brokers, Members of the British Insurance Brokers Association, are pleased to offer Shoreline Members and...
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Three rescued in strong winds and poor visibilityThe RNLI's chief of operations has congratulated the crew of Holyhead's Tyne class lifeboat St Cybi II following a service to the 52ft yacht Espaniola.
In his letter...