29th April.
Flares had been seen from a ship off St. Agnes, but she moved off before the life-boat could reach her.—Rewards, £10 11s..
BOAT DRIFTING Amble, Northumberland. At 8.40 p.m. on 8th May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat with two men on board was drifting out to sea. The life-boat Millie Walton put to sea at nine o'clock...
AUGUST 12TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
A glider had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found.
- Rewards, £16 13s..
Since June of last year the Institution has received seven gifts from a church in Malta, sent by a regimental sergeant major of the Royal Artillery. In sending the fourth gift he wrote that it was part of the collection at a harvest festival...
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Lowestoft, Suffolk.—17th May. A boat belonging to a Government ship engaged on survey work had got into difficulties, but a fishing boat took her in tow.—Rewards, £14 10s..
MAY 30TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE. A canoe was reported to have sunk leaving a boy, wearing a life-jacket, in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £4 10s. 6d..
At 12.25 p.m. on i2th June, 1966, the Skerries lighthouse keeper reported sighting a raft with 10 skin divers on board about one mile off Skerries. The life-boat St. Cybi (Civil Service No. 9) was launched at 12.36 in a light south easterly...
WITH THE TIME APPROACHING when the RNLI's 46ft 9in and 47ft Watson class housed lifeboats will reach the end of their station lives, preparations have been going ahead over the past few years for their replacement by a new fast slipway...
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The south of England saw some gorgeous weather in June and early July, with crowds flocking to the Dorset coast. But it wasn’t fun in the sun for everyone, as RNLI lifeguards found while patrolling the beaches
The unbroken...
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19th March. A lightvessel fired signals that a vessel had gone ashore, but she must have got off without help, as she could not be found.—Rewards, £21 6s..