Cromer, Norfolk - At 10.55 P-m- on 29th May, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a Danish fishing vessel had a sick man on board who required a doctor. The no. 2 lifeboat William Henry and Mary King was launched at...
NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT MUSEUM On the quayside in the heart of the city's dockland is the largest display of Historic Lifeboats in Europe.
Come and see the Lizzie Porter from Holy Island, now fully restored, on the sole...
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Mablethorpe has received a new Atlantic 75 provided for by the legacy of the late Miss Evelyn Selina Wallace, of Newton Abbot, Devon. Miss Wallace funded the new lifeboat and provided a substantial amount towards the cost of the new station.... - View image in PDF
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Bryan and Kalhv Co.x ofWokingham branch, pictured here with their daughter Rachel, organised a trip on the River Thames aboard this magnificent steam launch St. Belle, the property of the Maidenhead Steam Navigation Company Ltd. Built in... - View image in PDF
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Howth, Co. Dublin - At 8 p.m. on 16th June, 1969, information was received that a yacht was in difficulties three miles from Howth. At 8.9 the life-boat A.M.T. slipped her moorings in a strong south easterly wind and a moderate sea. It was...
Sennen Cove, Cornwall - At 4.11 p.m.
on 10th October, 1969, it was learnt that a fishing boat needed assistance three quarters of a mile west north west of Tol Pedn. At 4.21 the lifeboat Susan Ashley was launched. It was...
FEB. 18TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE. At about 10.25 A.M. two local fishing cobles were behind Filey Brig, where heavy seas were running. A W.N.W. fresh wind was blowing, with a moderate to rough sea. At 10.45 A.M.
the pulling and...
HELICOPTER TOO Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.1 a.m.
on 15th September, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a police report had been received stating two flares had been seen on the seaward side of...
Ballycotton, Co. Cork. — At eleven in the morning of the 13th of March, 1952, a man left Cork for Ballycotton in a motor punt. He had not arrived by eight o'clock that night. The keepers of the Power Head Lighthouse, eight miles west of...
On the 19th of August, 1952, the bowman of the Bridlington life-boat lost his life when the life-boat went to the help of two girls who had got into difficulties while bathing. Awards: the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum to...