At 2 p.m. on 5th August, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that four youths in a hired rowing dinghy were missing. At 2.37 the life-boat Edian Courtauld left her moorings in a fresh west north westerly breeze and a rough...
MAY 3RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. During the afternoon the coxswain was watching the Wexford pilot boat off Wexford Bar, apparently waiting for the tide. A N.N.E. gale was blowing with a rough sea. Then the coxswain saw her drift...
(Tht figures refer to the number* of the Life-loatt detailed on the twelve preceding Pages.) A. F. H., 135. Dixon, Miss Anne, 45. Ionian, E. Esq., 179. Pooley, G. Esq.., the late, 265, A Lady, 16. Rixon, Miss, 249. lonourable...
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WRITTEN with a charm and delicacy comparable to that of Paul Gallico, The Morlo by L. A. Knight (John Murray, 12s. 6d.) is the delightful tale of Davy Tregaren, a life-boat coxswain, who is also a naturalist and farmer, and his affinity with...
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Barra Island: At 0812 on Saturday July 21, 1984, Barra Island's 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat, Hugh William Viscount Gough, was launched under the command of Coxswain/Mechanic John Macneil, following a MAYDAY from the survey ship Geotek...
A good illustration of how the energies of the young can be harnessed with the encouragement of older members of the R.N.L.I. is the case of Jane and Debra Whiting, aged 10 and 12, of Grimsby, who this year held a garden sale at their home...
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The Port Isaac IRB standing by as the crew attempt to right their dinghy.. - View image in PDF
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Top: The Green Lily finally founders and the helicopter crew search for their comrade. - View image in PDF
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Three souvenir sellers and two competitors (one fourlegged, the other two) pictured at Wootton Creek branch's gymkhana held at Guildford Farm, Havenstreet, Isle of Wight, last summer.
There was beautiful weather and... - View image in PDF
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Lt Cdr Brian Miles, Director of the RNLI, looks back on 1989 - and forward to a new decade J.t is difficult to believe that a whole year has passed since my last message in the journal. The old adage of time passing ever more quickly as the...
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