Below: Launching restrictions mean that Dunbar's Trent class has to launch from the power station up the road but the old red sandstone boathouse is still home to the station's D class and crew facilities.. - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 12TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, AND BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. Fishing trawlers, an Admiralty trawler, and a steamer had been bombed and machine-gunned, but all were able to go on their way except a fishing trawler which another vessel towed into...
JANUARY 29TH. - WALMER, KENT. The Dutch motor barge NORA, of Voorburg, had been mined, but she was beached by naval tugs and the life-boat stuck fast in a mudbank and was unable to go on. - Rewards, £14 12s. 6d..
FEBRUARY 3RD. - EASTBOURNE, AND HASTINGS, SUSSEX. The Dutch steamer Laertes, of Amsterdam, had struck a mine S.E. of the Royal Sovereign Lightship, and had caught fire, but she was able to reach a Dutch port under her own power. - Rewards :...
MARCH 4TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT, AND EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX. A steamer was reported to have been torpedoed, but neitherlife-boat could find anything, and news was received later that other vessels engaged in the search had found her. - Rewards :...
MARCH 4TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT, AND EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX. A steamer was reported to have been torpedoed, but neitherlife-boat could find anything, and news was received later that other vessels engaged in the search had found her. - Rewards :...
On a recent wet and windy day, the sun briefly shone on prizewinners. Colin and Daisy Coulson and their son Michael, as Steve Lang of Avon Inflatables and Sharon New of the RNLI presented them with their new Avon RIB, engine and trailer..<... - View image in PDF
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Above: Whitby's restored pulling and sailing lifeboat, Robert & Ellen Robson, is launched from an original carnage for the first time in over 40 years to great applause from the large gathered crowd.. - View image in PDF
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Hilti Industries of West Bromwich supported two of their managers, Martin Parker and Jim Coombes (who is also a member of the Stourbridge branch) by sponsoring them in a 24- hour deep sea fish to raise funds for Aberdovey lifeboat..
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The lucky winners of the Spring Lottery will enjoy a really splendid prize - a fly/drive holiday, with accommodation, for two people to New England, USA. There they will enjoy the rugged coastline of Maine, the history and charm of Boston,... - View image in PDF
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