Valentia, Co. Kerry - At 9.30 a.m.
on 3Oth July, 1967, a message was received from Valentia radio that there was a sick man on board the motor vessel Praunheim of Bremen, and a request had been made for the life-boat to...
SEPTEMBER 4TH. - TOBERMORY, ARGYLLSHIRE. During the evening a request was received for the use of the lifeboat to convey a sick person to hospital at Oban. No other boat would be available until the following day, and it was imperative to...
In October, volunteers from Conwy Lifeboat Station were presented with a cheque for £1,721.20 by pupils from Ysgol Aberconwy. The children at the local secondary school, which sits on the banks of the River Conwy, chose the RNLI as...
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MARCH 1991 Norman Clarke, honorary life governor of the Institution. Mr Clarke became a flag day organiser in"Ne wport, Gwent in 1946 and held various positions with the Harwich branch, Southampton branch and ultimately as treasurer of...
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Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire - At 11.40 p.m. on 15th June, 1968, thecoastguard told the coxswain that a cabin cruiser had broken down off Pistyll beach. The life-boat Charles Henry Ashley was launched at 12.5 a.m. on 16th June in a light...
Doctor James Corbett, committee member of Harwich branch since 1968 when he also served as the station's assistant honorary medical adviser until his appointment as honorary medical adviser in 1976. He served in this capacity until his...
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Captain John Adrian Hogg, coxswain of Tynemouth lifeboat from 1976 until his death. Captain Hogg joined the lifeboat crew in 1969 becoming second coxswain in 1970; he was awarded a silver medal in 1986, shortly before he died..
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Intrepid oars woman Jane Trembath, aged 70, battled against blustery conditions to complete her 25-mile sponsored row down the River Dart in aid of the RNLI.
Miss Trembath, using the same 14-foot rowing dinghy she once used... - View image in PDF
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APRIL 22TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 6.30 P.M. the Wyke Regis coastguard reported that a motor boat was drifting about a mile off Wyke. A moderate S.E. breeze was blowing, with a very heavy swell. Themotor life-boat William...
RED FLARES At 3.15 p.m. on nth Janurary, 1966 the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the local trawler St. Georges was burning red flares just inside the West Gorton buoy. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick responded at 3.30...