French yachtsmen saved SECOND COXSWAIN Peter Bisson was in command when St Peter Port's 52ft Arun class lifeboat, Sir William Arnold, slipped her moorings at 0950 on the morning of Sunday August 11, 1985. A report had been received from...
Aground in a storm THE NOTORIOUS North Scroby Sands, off the Norfolk coast, near Great Yarmouth, claimed another victim on the night of November 18/19, 1986, when the rig tender Seaforth Conqueror ran aground there in a south-south-westerly...
Happy families There are no prizes for spotting the most recent change to our advertisement for enrolment into the RNLI Membership Scheme. There is no need for 'Family Membership' now, as children can become Storm Force members in...
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It was a memorable moment on a truly proud day for the Institution that saw Her Majesty The Queen, the RNLI's patron, declare the College officially open. Volunteers, supporters, staff and locals turned out in their hundreds to get a...
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THE INSHORE LIFEBOAT D class Thomas Campbell D-447 (relief fleet) Funding: Legacy of Mr Edwin Ramsden THE CREW Helmsman David Maguire (pictured top) Crew Members (pictured bottom L-R): Simon Gulliver, Lorraine Calvin, Sinead Casey WEXFORD...
Fishing vessel towed to safety in storm force winds Appledore and Ilfracombe lifeboats were both involved in a service to a fishing vessel near Bideford Bar on 31 March 1994. Coxswain Michael Bowden of Appledore lifeboat was awarded the...
Alertness and teamwork saves livesSenior Helmsman Gary Barlow was carrying out routine maintenance at the Cleethorpes lifeboat station when he spotted a small fishing vessel to the north side of the Number. On 6 February the fishing boat...
Skill and determination end 11-day ordealBeeps from several pagers interrupted Sunday mass in Courtmacsherry early on 1 December 2002. With a violent storm blowing outside the church the congregation and crew knew Lives could be in danger...
Bridlington, Humberside, saw north westerly winds and heavy showers on Sunday 29 August, conditions that tempted a couple of windsurfers to Fraisthorpe Beach but then one lost his board ...
Following a report that a man...
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HAUXLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND. — A new life-boat on PEAKE'S design has been recently placed at Hauxley by the National Life-boat Institution, in lieu of the one previously stationed there, which was found to be too heavy, and to draw too much...
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