Some of the 31 yachts, including seven French boats, which took part in an Old Gaffers rally in Guernsey last August, racing for the Thomas Bucktrout Trophy; (I. to r.) Little Apple, Undine, Skipjack, the winner on handicap, Providence and... - View image in PDF
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The Mayor of Winchester, Councillor D. Ball, being helped into oilskins ready to take his part in the local flag day. Over £1,000 was raised, an all time record for Winchester branch.
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First ever bravery award for an RNLI lifeguard Mark Johnson made RNLI history in December when he was awarded the Thanks on Vellum after saving the life of a man who was being washed out to sea. Mark is the first RNLI beach lifeguard to...
POOLE.—The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a life-boat station at the port of Poole on the coast of Dorsetshire.
As there was no life-boat establishment between Lyme Regis on that coast and the Isle of Wight, and...
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On the 7th-8th December, 1939, the Salcombe life-boat rescued the sixty-two survivors of the S.S. Tajandoen, of Amsterdam, from the S.S. Louis Shied, of Antwerp, which had gone ashore after picking up survivors of the Tajandoen, sunk by...
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Portaferry, May 9, 1987 There was a large gathering for the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the new Portaferry Atlantic 21 lifeboat Blue Peter V. The occasion included the official opening of the new boathouse, made possible...
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BALCARY, KIRKCUDBRIGHT. — The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a Life-boat establishment at Balcary Point, in Auchencairn Bay, on the coast of Kirkcudbright, which is considered to be an excellent position whence a Life- boat can...
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BY the death of Mrs. Lotinga Smith, of Gedling, Nottingham, on the 26th of December, 1950, at the age of 93, the Institution has lost its oldest honorary worker. In spite of her age, and in spite of ill-health, she refused to give up and...
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Late on the aflernocn of August 8, the Needles Coastguard alerted the Search ami Rescue Flight, HMS Daedalus, that a boat was in difficulties in Totland Bay, Isle of Wight. An aircraft was scrambled to go to the scene. However, a helicopter... - View image in PDF
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Dismasted yacht AT 1330 on Sunday August 11, 1985, Portland coastguard received a 999 call from a member of the public reporting he had seen a yacht firing a white flare about a mile and a half south of Lulworth Cove. The coastguard at...