After a journey of 1,400 mites on foot, RNLI fundraiser Martyn King says the hard work is only just starting.. - View image in PDF
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A busy month for St Ives On 21 May 2006, relief Mersey class Royal Shipwright attended the 21m Testerossa, 27 miles north west of St Ives in near-galeforce winds. Sennen Cove's Tyne class Norman Salvesen joined in to achieve 5 knotsto St...
FEB. 26TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. At 12.30 P.M. the coastguard reported that a small boat was in distress about half a mile south-east of Newhaven. A light W.S.W.
wind was blowing and the sea was choppy.
The...
SEPTEMBER 10TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £7 3s..
FEBRUARY 15TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £28 16s..
NOVEMBER 15TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £7 5s..
President Mary McAleese named Ireland’s first Tamar class lifeboat at Kilmore Quay on 15 June.
The lifeboat was named Killarney, and was funded with the legacy of Mrs Mary Weeks from Surrey, who died...
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AUG. 26TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 12.30 A.M. a message was received from the relatives of two men on board the motor fishing boat Sarah Ross, of Peterhead, that they were overdue. A light N.W. breeze was blowing,...
AUG. 1ST. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
Three men, visitors to Moelfre, who were out in a rowing boat, got into difficulties in the strong tide. They signalled for help. The weather was fine, with a moderate S.W. wind and a slight...
DECEMBER 2ND. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At 11A.M. the crew assembled for an exercise, but as a strong N.N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea, and some fishing boats were out the launch was delayed and the crew stood by. Incoming trawlers...