SEPTEMBER 5TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
At 3.38 P.M. a Spitfire aeroplane was seen chasing a German aeroplane out to sea. The German came down several miles S. by W.
of the life-boat station. A S.W. breeze was...
Again, at 10.30 on the 18th March, the Johanna Vrow, of Altona, bound from Corkto Shields, stranded on the Hasbro' Sands and; sprang a leak. The Life-boat proceeded to her assistance, and, in company with a steam-tug, got her afloat and...
Rescue of the crew of the Grimsby trawler Trocadero, 6th September, 1936. - View image in PDF
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A SECOND edition has been published of The Book of Flags (Oxford Univer- sity Press, 155.), by Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell, V.C., D.S.O., and Mr. I. O. Evans, F.R.G.S., which was first published in 1950 and reviewed in The Life-boat for...
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JULY 9TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. An aeroplane had come down in the sea off Milford-on-Sea, but no trace of her could be found. She is believed to have sunk with her pilot.-Rewards, £3 18s..
When wild winds howl along the deep, And bid the ocean mountains rise To thunder on White Albion's steep The vengeance of her native skies, What cheers the storm-tossed mariners, Wrecked on her rock-bound shore, And nerves their hearts...
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On March 2nd, 1941, the "New Yovk Times" published a leading aiticlt on the work of the British Life-boat Service: "The R.N.L.I." it said, "has been called the noblest of England's charitable societies. Though...
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One thousand pairs of odd sized shoes raised about £2,000 for the Wolverhampton branch. A local shoe dealer very kindly donated 2,000 new, but odd sized shoes. The branch made up 1,000 pairs of shoes within a size of each other. Prices... - View image in PDF
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The Duke of Edinburgh Chatting With The Life-Boat Crew When He Visited Plymouth On 22Nd July. - View image in PDF
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BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.—On Sunday morning, the 2nd April, at half-past seven o'clock, a galliot was observed to go ashore on the outer ledge of Seaton Sea Rocks during a strong E. wind and a rough sea. As she was in a perilous position,...