Margate, Kent.—At 11.7 on the morn- ing of the 14th of August, 1957, the coastguard telephoned to pass on a report that a cabin cruiser north of East Margate buoy was burning a flare and flashing a light. At 11.20 the life-boat North...
Services by Offshore Lifeboats (from page 82) Barry Dock, South Glamorgan June 13, 14, 30, July 1 (twice), 6, 20, 26, 28 (twice), August 4, 8, 24.
Beaumaris, Gwynedd July 19.
Bembridge, Isle of Wight June...
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20 May 1999 - A major engineering feat, the completion of the new pierhead lifeboat station and slipway at Cromer, was celebrated inside the boathouse with the help of the Bishop of Norwich, the Very Reverend Peter Nott, RNLI Deputy Chairman... - View image in PDF
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Kite-surfers hit by sudden squall Members of the Littlehampton inshore lifeboat crew were called into action in September 2003 when a group of kitesurfers were suddenly swept across the beach and out to sea by strong offshore windsThe alarm...
BRIGHSTONE GRANGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.
—The Life-boat stationed here by the Institution many years ago has been replaced by a new one named the Brothers Brickwood, the cost of which was generously bequeathed to the Institution...
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• A new edition of First Aid for Lifeboat Crews has been compiled by the RNLI Medical and Survival Committee and will be issued this summer by authority of the Committee of Management to all lifeboat stations.
This book...
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BY the kindness of the Lord Mayor of London (Colonel Sir Alfred Louis Bower) a meeting was held at the Mansion House, on 13th January, at which the Mayors, Mayoresses and Town Clerks of the London Boroughs were invited to meet the Committee...
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THE last Wreck Register of the British Isles published by the Board of Trade continues to tell the same sad tale of fearful disasters at sea as of yore, last year claiming 3,002 as haying occurred in the seas and on the coasts of the United...
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Whit by, Sunday October 19, 1980: At 1030 a converted ship's lifeboat was seen heading towards the harbour entrance.
Conditions were very dangerous, with a very heavy swell and breaking seas at the bar and in the... - View image in PDF
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