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No life-boat station can be considered complete without a set of life-belts for the boat's crew, and the several local committees should insist upon having them, and upon the belts being put on, before the men go afloat. The qualities...

To JOHN BENSLEY, on his retirement, after serving 3 additional years as Coxswain of the Gorleston No. 2 Life-boat when the No. 2 Station was temporarily re-opened, an in- crease of his Pension and a Certificate of Service. Bensley had...

South Western Division Stood by in storm ON SATURDAY December 15, 1979, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Padstow lifeboat station that a vessel three miles north west of Trevose Head had transmitted a mayday distress signal...

IN his address at the Annual Meeting, the Prince of Wales referred to the number of services to foreign vessels performed during 1920, and said that there was " no nation possessing a coast- line and any ships which had not benefited at...

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August September October November December Number of times life-boats called out on service 1964 41 43 51 53 99 81 126 128...

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Again, on the 17th March, at 6.30 A.M., during a fresh breeze from the E., the Vulcan' tug and Bradford Life-boat went to the aid of a large brig which was seen ashore on the N.E. part of the Goodwin Sands. On arriving alongside, the...