Man overboard A large crowd gathered at Filey on 2 July 2001 for the naming ceremony of the station's new D class lifeboat Rotary District 1120. They got rather more than they expected, however, when a full-scale rescue took place in...
(Below) Port St Mary's 54ft Arun The Gough Ritchie and Port Erin's 37ft 6in Rather Osman Gabriel, together with Port St Mary's D- class ILB and boarding boat, man ship ready to cheer King Olaf.
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Two young school girls, Claire Durbin and Claire Wates, organised a sponsored swim on behalf of the RNLI in the swimming pool of Button High School. All ten of the 10-year-old girls taking part completed the maximum half mile, and between... - View image in PDF
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Six new life-boats were named in 1955.
Four are in Scotland at Stornoway, Stronsay, Stromness, and Troon; two are in England at Southend-on-Sea and Fowey. An account of the Southend naming ceremony appeared in the September...
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In the early morning of the 19th August it was blowing a moderate gale from W.N.W., with wild squalls of wind and rain. At 3.45 A.M. it was reported that a fishing-boat when coming into the harbour had carried away her...
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For which Rewards were given at the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Bunbeg, Co. Donegal.—At about 5 P.M. on the 14th April Thomas Boyle, of Bunbeg, who had come in from Innishinney Island...
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Fire at sea: Both St Helier and St Peter Port lifeboats, the 44' Waveney Thomas James King and the 52' A run Sir William Arnold, launched on service on September 77, 7976, to go to the help of fishing vessel Mako, on fire 16 miles... - View image in PDF
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