(below), St Catherine's new 17ft 6in Zodiac Mk IV D class inflatable lifeboat, drawn by the station's new Land Rover, prepares to launch after her dedication. In the background can be seen the new lifeboathouse officially opened on... - View image in PDF
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Dun Laoghaire, September 20,1986: It was not only a D class inflatable lifeboat that was being handed over to Dun Laoghaire lifeboat station, but a boathouse as well. Sean Barrett, TD (left), Minister of State to the Taoiseach, on behalf of... - View image in PDF
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Last October over 400 guests and a targe crowd assembled for a unique triple ceremony at Fowey lifeboat station - the opening of the new boathouse and the naming of the station's new Trent and D class lifeboats.. - View image in PDF
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Roger Tomkins from Norwich has become the 30,000th person to join the RNLI's membership grade for sea users. Offshore. To mark the occasion, marketing manager David Brann presented a delighted Roger, accompanied by Sarah Shadbolt, with a... - View image in PDF
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Thirteen Medals for Gallantry RHOSNEIGIR, ANGLESEY On the 28th August, 1941, determined efforts were made to rescue the crew of a British aeroplane which had crashed in the sea.
MR. DERRICK H. BAYNHAM was awarded the silver...
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JUNE 22ND. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
The life-boat had put out at the request of the naval authorities to bring ashore an injured man from one of H.M. ships, and a doctor who had been put aboard by seaplane, but the ship could...
BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT On the 29th January, 1940, the Bembridge life-boat rescued the crew of twentyone of H.M. Trawler Kingston Cairngorm.
COXSWAIN HARRY J. GAWN was awarded the bronze medal..
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Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At 8.55 a.m. on 25th July, 1965, the St. Just coastguard reported a motor yacht drifting about one mile to the north of Cape Cornwall. She was in no immediate danger, but at 9.35 the coastguard saw that she had hoisted...
At 2005 information was received that Scarborough lifeboat was launching to investigate red flares sighted by Flamborough Coastguard and at 2240 Filey lifeboat was requested by Tees Coastguard to launch to join Whitby and Scarborough...
JANUARY 28TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 11.42 A.M. the coastguard reported that a sailing barge had struck a mine to the S. by E., three quarters of a mile from Holland look-out hut, and had blown up. A light S.W. breeze was blowing...