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Hertford and District Branch
Support the RNLI: A red London bus, Routemaster RM5, was lent to the Hertford and district branch as an entry in the Hertford Carnival.
The bus, which is about 25 years old, is the oldest in regular service (route number 29... - View image in PDF
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Dinas
Sick Russian A RUSSIAN TRAWLER which, having a sick man on board, might need help was reported to the honorary secretary of Bridlington lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 1630 on Friday, Sep-tember 3. Later, at 1900, a further message was...
An Aeroplane (10)
FEBRUARY 6TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but boats which went out to search were later recalled by order of the commander- in-chief at Portsmouth. - Rewards, £13 13s. 9d..
An Aeroplane (36)
MARCH 1 9TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by a fishing boat. - Rewards, £6 4s.
(See Port Isaac, “ Services by Shore-boats,” page 95.).
An Aeroplane (73)
MAY 20TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At about 7.50 P.M. the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea south of Ramsey Island, and the motor life-boat Civil Service No. 6 was launched at 8.19 P.M. and...
Lifeboats at war
75 years ago the British Navy attempted an audacious wartime operation. It would change the course of the Second World War – and challenge our lifeboats to tackle a very different kind of...
Category: Articles
Above: Ian Venner
Above: Ian Venner manoeuvres the dead whale into the slings, ready for towing to the local boatyard.. - View image in PDF
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The Norwegian Minesweeper No. 382 (1)
MAY 7TH. - TORBAY, AND SALCOMBE, DEVON. The Norwegian minesweeper No.
382 had been reported blown up by a mine fifteen miles off Berry Head, but no survivors were found. The Salcombe life-boat put out at midnight on the 7th...
An Aeroplane (27)
AUGUST 11TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX. At 5.24 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane had come down in Pevensey Bay and asked that the life-boat crew should stand by. A light westerly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea....
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales
When Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales visited Grimsby in July she was presented with a miniature model of Humbers's 54ft Arun lifeboat City of Bradford IV by the Mayor, Councillor Anthony Rouse. The model was made by Brian... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs