Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At noon on the 29th of October, 1956, a message was received that the motor keel boat Lead Us. of Whitby, was approaching Whitby harbour in very bad weather.
Later a message was received that because...
FELL ON ROCKS Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 4.6 p.m. on igth May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a boy had fallen over the rocks at the Dhoon. The lifeboat Annie Ronald and Isabella Forrest, on temporary duty at the station,...
TOW FOR FISHING BOAT WITH FIVE ABOARD Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 22nd June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen coming from a converted ship's boat a mile...
This photograph by Mr. Ronald E. Turner of the R.N.L.I.'s hull drawing office staff shows one of the Institution's McLachlan fast rescue boats—the fast R.N.L.I, rescue craft to be specifically designed for the Institution with a... - View image in PDF
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COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATIONAL AIDS OF A MODERN LIFEBOAT by Lieutenant Ernest Gough, RN STAFF OFFICER (COMMUNICATIONS), RNLISEEING AN OFFSHORE LIFEBOAT for the first time, you may wonder why she has so many antennae and gadgets sprouting...
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THE question has often been asked—why are not life-boats propelled by steam power? It is a very natural question when we consider the difficulty of rowing any boat against a strong wind, and the much greater difficulty of doing so when, in...
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THURSDAY, 9th Juno, 1904.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Head and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
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Western Division MFV aground A RED FLARE fired over Barmouth Bar was seen by the honorary secretary of Barmouth lifeboat station at 2140 on Wednesday November 22, 1978. Just after he had alerted Coxswain Evan Jones, the honorary secretary...
Category: Services
DURING December life-boats went out on service 44 times and rescued 19 lives.
THE MEN FROM THE PRU Ramsgate, Kent.—At 8.5 in the morn- ing of the 3rd of December, 1949, the pier shore attandant reported that a boat in which...
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He was once best known as a TV funnyman, but these days Griff Rhys Jones is serious about theatre, documentaries and indulging in his passion for sailing
Griff is enjoying treading the boards. After a spate of television...
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