APRIL 23RD. - RAMSGATE, WALMER, AND MARGATE, KENT. A steamer had been mined and had sunk off the North Foreland, but her crew were taken off by naval vessels. - Rewards : Ramsgate, £5 3s. ; Walmer £14 12s. 6d. ; Margate, £9 8s...
JULY 25TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT. A steamer in a convoy was sinking as the result of enemy action, but there was no one on board. The life-boat remained by until she sank, and then found that the crew had been rescued by another vessel. -...
AUGUST 31ST. - MARGATE, KENT. A German aeroplane had been seen to crash into the sea, but a fishing boat rescued one of its crew, and of another airman who, he said, was also in the sea nothing was found but his parachute. - Rewards, £5...
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - MARGATE, KENT.
During an air raid a German aeroplane had been seen to crash into the sea four or five miles N. by W. of the station, but nothing except a patch of oil could be found.
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The annual meeting will be held in the Central Hall Westminster, on Thursday, October 25th, and the Duchess of Kent will present the eight gold medals which the Institution awarded during the war to life-boat coxswains for conspicuous...
Category: Meetings
JULY 24TH. - MARGATE, KENT. An aeroplane was reported to have crashed in the sea, but the life-boat found nothing, and was signalled by an R.A.F. launch to return to her station. - Rewards, £11 5s..
On a sunny May afternoon, families flocked to the Cornish seaside for half-term. But it was no holiday for RNLI lifeguards at Porthtowan and Perranporth, who saved four lives from a strong rip current
Porthtowan Beach,...
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THURSDAY, 17th June, 1909.
Colonel FitzRoY CLAYTON, V.P., in the Chair.
Reported that the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Institution, with the Secre- tary and the Chief Inspector, had visited...
Category: Committee
Third Walsall Sea Scouts and Beavers have been fundraising for Abersoch lifeboats since 1994 - raising over £400 in that time. A collection tin is kept at their HQ and the beavers are encouraged to pop in their one and two pence pieces... - View image in PDF
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Drama after the draw! The former Beirut hostage, John McCarthy, and comedienne Sandi Toksvig drew a massive crowd to Weymouth's harbourside when they kept a promise to the RNLI to pick the winning tickets in the 66th National Lottery.<...
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