Coxswain Joseph Parkinson of Lytham-St.-Anne's died while still in the service of the Institution on the 17th of March, 1959, at the age of 59.
He was assistant mechanic from 1931 to 1957 and coxswain from 1947 to...
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from page 12 were sent to Coxswain/Assistant Mechanic Anthony G. Hawkins, Second Assistant Mechanic Roy W.
Couzens and Crew Members John J.
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Fig. I: Bilge keels, port and starboard, take weight of hull so that mild steel ballast keel can be slid into place.. - View image in PDF
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It is not often that a new lifeboat station is opened. This is the story of how the Channel island of Alderney came to provide what has rapidly proved an invaluable addition to the RNLI's operational cover.WHEN YOU HEAR him calmly...
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Salcombe, Devon.—At 5.50 on the morning of the 26th of September, 1953, the Hope Cove coastguard rang up to say that a sailing boat wassignalling for help half a mile south- west of Prawle Point. At 6.5 the life-boat Samuel and Marie...
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DRIFTING SLOOP Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 2.55 p.m. on 3ist October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing red flares one mile east of Worthing pier. The sea was choppy with a gentle breeze from the east....
FRENCH CUTTER ESCORTED INTO HARBOUR Ramsgate, Kent. At 9.38 on the evening of the 1st September, 1962, the east pier watchman informed the coxswain that a yacht was ashore on the Brake sands and was firing distress flares. At ten o'clock...