(11)—Second coxswain Dennis Finch.
Became second coxswain when Frank Bloom took over as coxswain in 1964.
Worked as a boat builder at Halls Boat Yard, Walton, until recently. Now takes out fishing parties.... - View image in PDF
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FISHING VESSEL AGROUND IN NEAR GALE Stronsay, Orkneys. At 4.15 on the afternoon of the 7th December, 1962, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that he had been advised by the harbour master that the motor fishing vessel Ben More of...
Port St. Mary, Port Erin, Douglas, and Peel, Isle of Man.—At about 10.15 on the night of the 10th of June, 1948, the Ramsey coastguard telephoned the Port St. Mary, Port Erin, and Douglas life- boat stations that an aeroplane, with eight...
NORTH-EASTERN DISTRICT Filey, Yorkshire - At 3.5 p.m. on 28th March, 1967, news was received that a small boat had capsized in the bay and had fired a flare. The IRB was launched at 3.10 in a strong north westerly wind and a smooth sea. It...
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AS reported in the January issue of THE LIFEBOAT, the R.N.L.I., following an urgent appeal from the British Red Cross, sent staff and inshore rescue boats to aid victims of the flood disaster in East Pakistan. The cargo of inflatable boats...
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I’ve just experienced almost every kind of weather in one week. No, I’ve not been globe trotting, just holidaying in Cornwall. Waking variously to hot sunshine, chilly pea-souper, or lashing hail, I knew that whatever I chose to do, I’d meet...
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The Story of the Filey Lifeboats The Story of the Buckie Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author, prices and availability in text Two more new editions of Jeff Morris's authoritative lifeboat station histories, each brought...
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RAMSGATE.—At 12.45 A.M. on the 27th January, during a fresh N. breeze, the Life-boat Bradford, in tow of the steamtug Vulcan, left the harbour in response to signal guns which had been fired by the light-vessels. On Hearing the North Sand...
Shaping the future It feels Like a long time since the RNLI announced it intended to build a training college in Poole. Construction started in 2002 and since then hundreds of men and women have laboured to make The Lifeboat College vision a...
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Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI, believed that sea rescue was ‘a cause which extends from the palace to the cottage ... and which addresses itself with equal force to all the best feelings of every class in the state.’ So began our... - View image in PDF
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