j LIFEBOAT STOOD ON TRANSOM BY BREAKING SEA Seventeen saved from 75ft yacht aground in gale and 20ft breakers Two Hayling Island lifeboatmen, Roderick James and Frank Dunster, have been awarded the RNLI's Silver Medal for their part in...
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The new experimental IRB stationed at Lyme Regis, which is referred to on page 52, was built at Atlantic College in South Wales. The boat has a five-compartment 20-inch diameter special tube made by Messrs. Dunlop and is fabric strip glued... - View image in PDF
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Filey, Yorkshire.—As darkness was gathering on the evening of the 26th of September, 1949, there was some anxiety felt for the safety of the fishing coble Mary which, with a crew of three, had been due in at noon. At 7.25 the life-boat The...
The Lord and Lady Provost of Glasgow, Dr and Mrs Gray, aboard City of Glasgow III. Behind them, (second I) is Coxswain Ian Johnson and in the background (centre) and (far r) are RNLI director. Lt Cdr Brian Miles and chairman. The Duke of... - View image in PDF
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AT 2.25 on the afternoon of the 9th of September, 1955, the Kilchoman coast- guard telephoned a report which he had received from a farmer. This was that a fishing boat was in distress off Smaull Point on the north-west coast of...
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MR. CLAUDE M. HART, secretary of the station at The Lizard, Cornwall, retired at the end of last September after serving for 39 years. He had then passed his 79th year. He brought to his work for the Life-boat Service a great love of the sea...
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The Mayor of Dunstable was the guest of honour at the Dunstable branch pie, punch and carols event. The Toddington Band (pictured above) gave their time free of charge and the committee members made the pies and the punch. A most enjoyable... - View image in PDF
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As in the general course of commerce in Europe, British vessels visit every part of the narrow seas, and especially the Kattegat and the Baltic (seeing that of the 15,000 vessels that annually pass the Sound up and down, fully one quarter...
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Overturned fishing vessel AN EIGHTEEN FOOT fishing vessel, Melinda Muriel, had put out to sea from Skinningrove, Cleveland, with fourpeople on board on the morning of Tuesday July 29, 1986. The wind was north westerly and there were squally...