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...
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...
(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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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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Thirty one passengers rescued from ferry aground on rocks The Chairman of the the Institution, Michael Vernon, has written to the coxswain and crew of the Lerwick lifeboat after the rescue of 31 passengers, mostly elderly, from a stranded...
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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MARCH 2ND. - MONTROSE, ANGUS.
The Admiralty tug Seaman put out from Montrose with a battle target in tow and the life-boat coxswain on board as pilot. A strong northerly wind was blowing, with a heavy ground swell. The...