The Medallists: (I. to r.) Matt Lethbridge, BEM, Antony Warnock, Trevor England, David Bliss, Thomas Cocking, Senior, Thomas Walsh, Mrs Dorothy Pengilly who received the medal awarded to the late Eric Pengilly, John Devereux, John Petit,... - View image in PDF
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GILES' QUAY, DUNDALK.—The brigantine Jean Anderson, of Dundalk, bound from Ardrossan to Dundalk with coal was seen ashore on the east side of Dundalk Bar with a signal for assistance flying, at 8 A.M. on the 18th...
Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 7.47 on the evening of the 25th October, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that red flares had been seen south of Lowestoft look-out station.
The life-boat Michael Stephens left...
Small trawler sinks SHETLAND COASTGUARD received a mayday call at 0248 on Wednesday January 16, from the fishing vessel Brighter Morn saying that she had run aground on The Ord, a headland ten miles south east of Lerwick; she was holed and...
For the past seven years motorbike enthusiasts from far and wide have taken part in the Annual Classic Motorcycle Ride to raise funds for the RNLI. This year's event, which saw around 180 bikes arriving at Poole harbour on 11 June,... - View image in PDF
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Right: Cullercoats' Atlantic 21 lifeboat Edmund and Joan White being put through her paces.. - View image in PDF
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Peter Mirfin, energetic landlord of the Wheatsheaf Inn, Fromes Hill, has introduced an unusual monthly fundraising race. Competitors, in teams of four, have to carry the self-styled 'Stone of Moon' against the clock between his pub... - View image in PDF
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SAVED FROM SINKING Eastbourne, Sussex. At 4.47 a.m. on I3th September, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a vessel was flashing a distress signal from a position close inshore one mile east of Beachy Head lighthouse. The tide had...
On March 20 Aith, the RNLVsmost northerly station branch, held its annual Lifeboat Memorial Service, instigated by the Rev.
Magnus Cheyne following the loss of Longhope Lifeboat. (I. to r.) Kenneth Henry, coxswain Aith... - View image in PDF
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