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Notes of the Quarter
The world's first lifeboat station? Until recently it has been accepted that the world's first lifeboat station was at Bamburgh, Northumberland, where, in 1786, Dr John Sharp, the chief administrator of the Crewe Trust, persuaded...
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Top the 47Ft Tyne Class Has Served the RNLI Well
Top The 47ft Tyne class has served the RNLI we/I since her introduction in 1983, but the class will need replacing from 2003 when they reach 20 years old.. - View image in PDF
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Margaret and William, the Ina and the Douglasses
BIyth, Northumberland. — On the morning of the 6th May the coastguard telephoned that three or four fishing boats were at sea between Blyth and St. Mary's Island, and that owing to very heavy seas across the bar it would be dangerous for...
The French Collier Capitaine Augustin
MARCH 17TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 2.58 P.M. a message was received from the Margate coastguard that a vessel was sinking, after an explosion, about two miles S.E. of the Tongue Light-vessel. A moderate southerly breeze was blowing. The sea was...
The Life-Boat Exhibition at Charing Cross Underground Station May 18th—June 5th, 1933
The Life-Boat Exhibition at Charing Cross Underground Station May 18th-June 5th, 1933. - View image in PDF
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The Met Office
DIAL BEFORE YOU SAIL PORTSMOUTH BRIGHTON BOURNEMOUTH Now, before sailing, you can check the latest coastal weather conditions anywhere in the UK, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week — simply by picking up your telephone.
The...
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A Rescue Party Waits to Take An Injured Man from Aboard the Teignmouth Lifeboat to Hospital.
A rescue party waits to take an injured man from aboard the Teignmouth lifeboat to hospital. The man had fallen down cliffs on 18 March at Ansley's Cove in Torquay and suffered a broken ankle. He was carried a further 30ft to the base of... - View image in PDF
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The Belgian Yacht Haura (1)
Lifeboatmen transferred to Belgian yacht in gale and heavy seas A joint service by Southwold's Atlantic 21 class lifeboat Quiver and Lowestoft's Tyne Spirit of Lowestoft has won two lifeboatmen framed letters of thanks from the...
The Sailing Boat Seabird
Caister, Norfolk.—On the 3rd January seven young men put out in the sailing boat Seabird on a trip to the steamer Crackshot, which had stranded off Caister two days earlier. A fresh west wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The Seabird got...
The Rubbish Band Bang Out the Beats During the After Dark Cabaret Show In Aid of the Lifeboats
The Rubbish Band bang out the beats during the After Dark cabaret show in aid of the Lifeboats. - View image in PDF
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