MAY 31ST. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. Men had been reported aboard an R.A.F. target raft, but they were cormorants which flew away as the life-boat approached. - Rewards, £8 1s.and towed her to a berth in Walton River.
She...
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" MAN the life-boat!" Thus the voices hoarsely sounding through the night Rouse to action those who, fearless, brave the elements to fight.
Fight for what? For home? For beauty? Riches ? Rank ? The warrior's...
Category: Poetry
When his craft hit a wave and flipped him into the chilly November sea, a boater was left holding on for dear life. Could anyone help him – or even see him?
‘I was just about to put on my hairnet and get baking when the...
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For the Yachtsman Skipper's Cockpit Guide ISBN 0713652 799 By Bo Streiffert Published by Adtard Coles Nautical Among our supporters are many people who go to sea both for their work and for their leisure and it is the leisure market at...
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VERY LITTLE SEAROOM AND FUEL OIL ON THE DECKS Two services in eight days to factory ships - 40 men saved The joint second coxswain of the Lerwick lifeboat, William Clark, has achieved the rare distinction of being awarded the RNLI's...
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In 2002 the RNLI operated 43 Beach Rescue units and Beach Rescue lifeguards saved 22 lives. Across the South West they dealt with 867 major incidents. These figures are impressive, but statistics don't tell the whole story. To find out...
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Burton-on-Trent branch's annual bonfire and firework party in September was roaring success. For the grand draw there were 30 prizes, the main ones being 75, 50 and 25 gallons of petrol. By buying a ticket you also gained admission the... - View image in PDF
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DURING the summer the Naming Cere- monies were held for four new Motor Life-boats, the Manchester and, Salford, the Centenary gift of the Manchester and Salford Branch; the Milburn, the gift of the late Sir Charles Stamp Milburn and Mr....
Category: Inaugurations
JULY 17TH. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE. At eight o’clock in the evening the Rhyl life-boat station was told that an Anson aeroplane had come down in the sea seven miles to the north-west, and that Botha aeroplanes and...
JULY 22ND. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. During the afternoon four young men, holiday visitors from Coventry, went out on three metal floats from Prestatyn. The sea was rough and a strong south-westerly wind was blowing.<...