Hayling Island - double silver medal service, 25 October 1992. The photograph shows the difficult and hazardous conditions in which the rescue took place.
Coastguard helicopter attempting to pass a hi-line to the crew of... - View image in PDF
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dinghy. The island of Craigleith (locally known as 'The Craig') can be seen in the background. Having checked that all is well with the dinghy for the good-natured (and very wet) Ted Hill to resume his sailing, Blue Peter III returns... - View image in PDF
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THE " Abstracts of the Shipping Casual- ties which have occurred on or near the coasts of the United Kingdom during the year ended 30th June, 1896," have recently been issued by the Board of Trade, and are of the deepest interest,...
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WE heartily congratulate the BOARD OF TRADE on the very satisfactory information it has been able to place before the public, in its recently-issued Annual Blue Book, relative to the shipping casualties on the coast of the United Kingdom...
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Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. On the 26th of April, 1958, the coaster Pres. Roosevelt, of Groningen, was anchored a mile north-west of the life- boat station with engine trouble and was sheltering from the weather. A boat with four...
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1971 Less: Proceeds from sale of boathouse BALANCE MET FROM (1970 TRANSFERRED TO) RESERVE FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE (Notes 1 and 6) 1971 INCOME Subscriplions, Donations, etc.<...
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Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 5th of June, 1953, it was noticed that conditions on the harbour bar were dangerous. Local fishing boats were at sea, and at nine o'clock the No. 2 harbour pulling life-boat Robert and Ellen...
Amble, Northumberland - In the early afternoon of 3Oth January, 1967, four fishing cobles were at sea when conditions at the harbour bar were worsening.
The life-boat Millie Walton slipped her moorings at 2.16 p.m. in a...
Touring RNLI depot and headquarters at Poole on October 7, HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution, is shown the rigging loft (above left) by Joe Salmon and watches Len Wlodek at work on a coir how fender. He inspected a propeller... - View image in PDF
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L–R (above): Cordell, Ben and Liam helped to rescue 11 people at Bantham beach. - View image in PDF
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