On the 28th March, the same valuable life-boat put off and saved the schooner Wave, of Boston, and her crew of 4 men.
The vessel had stranded on the south part of the Inner Barber Sand, during a strong N.N.E....
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—On the 17th January, the No. 2 Life-boat Godsend put off and remained by the brig John, of Hartlepool, until the vessel, which had stranded on the Barber Sand, was, with the assistance of a yawl, extricated from her...
The death occurred in April this year of ex-Coxswain Douglas Kirkaldie who was from 1946 to 1952 in command of the Ramsgate, Kent, life-boat. He was 81. Mentioned in despatches for decoy work during the Dunkirk evacuation, Mr. Kirkaldie was...
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JANUARY 5TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
At 12.15 in the afternoon the coastguard reported a vessel apparently in distress. A fresh north-west wind was blowing, with a choppy sea and showers of sleet. The motor life-boat...
THE DUKE OF ATHOM-, chairman of the Institution, reported to the annual general meeting of governors on Tuesday morning. May 17, that during 1982 lifeboats launched 3.304 times, the highest number since the foundation of the RNLI, and saved...
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OCTOBER 6TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES.
A vessel had been reported in distress off the south-west corner of the Island of Skye, but nothing could be found, and after spending the night at Carbost, the life-boat, which was in...
Poolbeg, Co. Dublin.—At ten o'clock on the night of the 28th of August, 1954, the Dublin Port and Docks Board telephoned to say the Poolbeg light- house-keeper had reported that two men in a small yacht near North Bull lighthouse were...
DART | 2 SEPTEMBER
Walkers on the South West Coast Path got front-row seats for an unusual type of rescue when the crew of Dart's inshore lifeboat went to help a calf. The animal had become wedged in a cave after...
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SALCOMBE LIFEBOAT PRINT "BALTIC EXCHANGE II" A SPECIAL EDITION SIGNED PRINT TO COMMEMORATE A FAMOUS YEAR IN THE HISTORY OF SALCOMBE LIFEBOAT.
BY GORDON ASHTON IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SALCOMBE LIFEBOAT CREW The...
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After the naming of The Scout by HM The Queen, Hartlepool coxswain, Robert Maiden and crew members are presented to Her Majesty by Lieut.-Commander Harry Teare, divisional inspector of lifeboats (NE), and to HRH The Duke of Kent by Captain... - View image in PDF
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