February Meeting.
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—On the 2nd January, 1939, the crew of four of the motor trawler Yankee Girl were rescued by another fishing boat.—Rewards, £2 105., with £3 for loss of fishing, and 2s. 6d....
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September Meeting.
Torbay, Devon.—At about 6 P.M. on the 12th June, 1939, a sailing dinghy capsized in Fishcombe Bay. The weather was fine with a N.W. breeze and an almost smooth sea. The crew of three were seen clinging to...
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The Right Hon A V Alexander CH MP Minister of Defence and Coxswain William Peters of St Ives Who Won The Silver Medal For Rescuing The Crew. - View image in PDF
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The coaster Union Star overwhelmed and on the rocks west of Tater-du Lighthouse. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of RNAS Culdrose. - View image in PDF
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Wells: On board Ernest Tom Nethercoat Coxswain David Cox explains to the president the use and working of a drogue.. - View image in PDF
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Taken from a painting by Edward Walker of the Mexico and Lytham lifeboat. See 'Prints for Sale' on p. 301..
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Launch of Bembridge lifeboat, the 48ft 6in Solent Jack Shayler and the Lees, photograph by courtesy of HMS Daedalus. - View image in PDF
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When William Goodwin, aged 8, and his sister Maureen, aged 6, were on holiday at Lancing, Sussex, they launched a small boat they had found on the beach and were swept out to sea on 17th September, 1968.
After two hours... - View image in PDF
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(below) Mrs Susan Hunter-Pease, wife of Mr Charles Hunter-Pease, the Sates and Marketing Director of Volvo Concessionaires, names the new Mersey Class lifeboat Lifetime Care at a ceremony at the RNLI's Poole depot. The lifeboat is the... - View image in PDF
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(Bram Stoker created the infamous character of Count Dracula and wrote the well-known novel while in Whitby.) (Photo Whitby Gazette). - View image in PDF
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