DUNMORE EAST, Co. WATERFORD.—The Life-boat Henry Dodd was launched at 10 A.M. on the 21st February and rendered assistance to the Norwegian brigantine Augvold by leading her over the bar into the harbour. Two of the Life-boat men •were put...
THURSO, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.—During a heavy gale from the N.E., on the 12th October, signals of distress were shown by vessels at anchor in Scrabster roadstead.
The Life-boat Charley Lloyd was launched, and went first to the...
A town remembers: Harry Bamber, Ken Smith, bearing the RNLI standard, and David Topping of Lytham lifeboat crew are followed by their Coxswain Arthur Wignall (I) and Helmsman Edward Brown of New Brighton in the procession on July 27, 1986,... - View image in PDF
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Hundreds of people defied the rain to support another fantastic Seaside Special at Torbay Lifeboat Station. The Seaside Special is Torbay’s biggest fundraiser of the year and rounds off a week of activities ranging from Walk the Extra Mile...
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IT is well known that the boats of a man- of-war are, as a general rule, insufficient in number and capacity to save her crew except in the smoothest water; also, that the largest and safest are stowed on the booms, from whence time is...
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Stations, fetes, flagdays. They are all potential sources of income and the volunteers respond as they always have done - don the oilskins and go for it!. - View image in PDF
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Amble, Northumberland.—When the local fishing fleet was returning from sea on the morning of the 18th of Sep- tember, 1952, the boats found it diffi- cult to enter the harbour owing to the heavy swell. At 11.15 in the morning- the life-boat...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston's Atlantic 21 Joseph B. Press ranges up alongside the station's Trent class Samarbeta while on Photo by Rick Tomlmson. - View image in PDF
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Two photographs taken at the trials at Hunstanton, which were described in the May number of "The Life-Boat.". - View image in PDF
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