At 2 a.m. on 10th February, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a French trawler was aground on the North Goodwin Sands. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 2.17 in a light north easterly breeze...
The R.N.L.I. Christmas card for 1968 will feature a reproduction of an excellent colour transparency showing the Skegness life-boat at sea. The card will sell at 9d., complete with envelope.
There will also be for the first...
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JANUARY DURING January life-boats were launched on service 39 times and rescued 45 lives.
FISHING BOAT TOWED FROM NEAR ROCKS Newcastle, Co. Down.—At 10.50 on the night of the 1st of January, 1957, the Kilkeel coastguard...
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The barque Jane Kilgour, of London, went on the Cross Sands, off this coast, on the 22nd Feb- ruary, and the Caister beachmen proceeded to her in one of their yawls, and endea- voured, by cutting away the masts, to get her off the sands....
Notes of the Quarter, by the editor 147 IlLiJ Beaufort Wind Scale 148 Lifeboat Services 149 XLIV Annual Awards 1975 153 456 A Weekend in September 154 Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards 156 Opening of new Headquarters at...
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Airbed A BOY AND A GIRL being blown out to sea on an airbed off Ardrossan were reported to the honorary secretary of Troon lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 1525 on Tuesday June 21. Five minutes later Troon's 44ft Waveney lifeboat...
The lugger Twilight, of Inverness, when bound on the night of 4th October to Lowestoft for the herring fishing, stranded on the South Scroby Sands. There was a strong N.N.E. breeze with a heavy sea at the time, and their signals of distress...
THE Institution was founded at a meeting held in the City of London Tavern on 4th March, 1824, with the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Manners Sutton), in the chair. The twelve resolutions which called the Institution into being and laid down...
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The Mayor of Winchester, Councillor D. Ball, being helped into oilskins ready to take his part in the local flag day. Over £1,000 was raised, an all time record for Winchester branch.
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