Injured climbers rescued from foot of cliffs in heavy surfThe Helmsman of Bude's inshore lifeboat, Micky Sims, has been awarded the Thanks of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution inscribed on Vellum following the rescue of two...
Crew snatched to safety seconds before MFV sinks under tow Coxswain/Mechanic Hewitt Clark of Lerwick, Shetland, has been awarded a bar to his Bronze medal following the service to the fishing vessel Boy Andrew pictured in the Spring issue of...
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THE Life-boat Service is represented at the Festival of Britain by its latest life-boat, the Sir Godfrey Baring, a 46-feet 9-in hes Watson cabin life-boat built for the station at the Humber, to which she will go when the Festival closes,...
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Search for missing vessel locates wreck A total of 21 boats, including the Scarborough, Filey and Whitby lifeboats, took part in the search for the fishing vessel Sincere with two persons on board, when it failed to return to harbour on 28...
The Isle of Man and will always be synonymous with the RNLI, for it was here in Douglas Bay during the early part of the last century that Sir William Hillary, the founder of the RNLI, witnessed at first hand, the plight of seafaring...
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FEBRUARY 10TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
Red flares had been reported, but nothing was found and it was thought that a flare on land might have been mistaken for a flare at sea. - Rewards, £13 1s..
AN anonymous gift of £2 has been received from a man and wife " in gratefulness for the blessings received during fifty years of married life.".
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IN the report which has been recently issued by the General Superintendent of the Life-saving Service, for the fiscal year ended 30th June 1884, it is stated that there were then 201 Life-Saving Stations under their management, 156 being on...
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Thursday, 9th October, 1913.
The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Read the minutes of the Building,...
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