. . . and farewell to the 35ft 6in Liverpool class lifeboat, a class which has served the RNLI, both as a pulling and sailing lifeboat and then as a motor lifeboat, since the mid 1800s. Grace Darling (below), built in 1954, the last of her... - View image in PDF
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She was landed there and taken to hospital by ambulance.. - View image in PDF
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Lousie (second from left), joined by sisters Rosie and Theresa, hands over a cheque to Ronnie Campbell chairman of the Ross of Mull branch as proud dad, Trevor, looks on.. - View image in PDF
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"WHITBY.—On the 8th May two fishing vessels, the Eliza and the James and Sarah, belonging to Scarborough, were seen to be making for Whitby Harbour, during a strong S.E. breeze. The sea being very heavy, it was impossible for them to...
With a small angling boat rapidly taking on water in the North Sea, it took the combined skills of three lifeboat crews to save the vessel and the eight men onboard
The volunteers on Tynemouth’s all-weather lifeboat were...
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Boat Show benefits! There will be plenty to see for RNLI supporters at the 2006 London Boat Show, which includes a day dedicated to the RNLI The show runs from 6-15 January 2006 at the ExCel exhibition centre in Docklands and the RNLI is...
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ESCORTED FISHING BOATS At 8.20 a.m. on i6th November, 1965, two small fishing cobles were reported to be out in very bad weather conditions and the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 8.30 in a south-easterly gale and a rough sea. It...
SOUTHEND, ESSEX.—At 9.30 A.M. on the 2nd March the Coxswain received a telegram from Shoebury that a bargehad foundered. As a whole southerly gale was blowing, and a rough sea running, the Life-boat James Stevens No. 9 proceeded to her...
PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN.—While a gale was blowing from N.W., accompanied by a high sea, on the 30th September, signals of distress •were shown by the lugger Jenny Lind, of Castletown, which while returning from the herring fishery stranded...