The Bembridge Motor Life-boat went out on 7th December to the help of the ketch Silent, of Cowes, and found her with her head sails blown away and her windlass smashed. Although she was sinking, the men on board refused to leave her, so the...
COXSWAIN JAMES TURPIN, who has been coxswain of the Fowey life-boat since 1959, was previously assistant mechanic from 1948, when he joined the crew, until his present appointment. In 1958 he swam 100 yards through broken water from the...
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It was the morning of Saturday 24 May 2008 and the sailor, en route from the Azores to Ireland, was in considerable pain. He struggled to control his yacht in the rough seas that would inevitably worsen – gales were expected for the evening....
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Islay: /( was reported in the spring journal that HRH Prince Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, had visited Barra Island and Islay lifeboat stations in January to present plaques to the crews in recognition of the efforts to rescue the crew... - View image in PDF
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Mallaig coxswain Tommy Ralston, right, hands over the replica of the St John's Cross of lona to David McKie of Tobermory lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
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Mr. and Mrs. Leaver, of the Enfield branch of the R.N.L.I., taken at the Costermongers' Ball held on 25th September, 1969. The ball raised over £200 for the Institution. Mr.
Leaver is chairman of the local... - View image in PDF
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On the 27th of December, the Norwegian bark, William, of Tonsberg, ran ashore in thick and squally weather, near Camber, about three miles on the north side of Eye Harbour. The life-boat at No. 31 Tower, on the .opposite side of the harbour,...
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