Hearing, on Sunday, July 25, that MFV Mary Sue of Dublin, with five people on board, had engine failure one mile south of Puffin Island and needed help, Valentia's 52' Barnett lifeboat, Rowland Watts, slipped her moorings at 1820 and... - View image in PDF
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The Whitby No. 1 Life-Boat Carried Out More Services Than Any Other In 1952. - View image in PDF
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At daybreak on the 2nd No- vember, the smack Bruce, of Milford, was compelled to anchor in a dismasted state about three miles east of Tenby; the wind was blowing a furious gale from W.S.W. at times, and the sea was very high. The Tenby life...
Inspector of Machinery (Electrical], Royal National Life-boat Institution.
ViTH the exception of seven short- range boats, all the Institution's life-boats, both in the active and in the active reserve fleet, are...
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PORTH RHUFFYDD, ANGELSEY. — On the morning of the 22ud June the coxswain of the Life-boat received intelligence that steamer was ashore S.E. of the Life-boat station. The weather at the time was thick, a moderate wind was Wowing from the S.W...
DEC. 8TH. - WALMER, AND RAMSGATE, KENT. At 8.32 A.M. a message was received at Walmer from the Deal coastguard that a Belgian steamer had stranded on the Goodwin Sands, north of the wreck of the Mahratta.
A whole S.S.W....
Withernsea's new 15ft 6in D class inflatable lifeboat is launched into the surf on exercise after her official service of dedication last June. photograph by courtesy of David E. Kirk. - View image in PDF
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MARCH 23RD. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
An American Fortress aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but her crew were rescued by a motor torpedo boat. - Rewards, £29 13s..
Greater London.
BARNET.—Mrs. G. T. Moore appointed joint honorary secretary.
CLAPHAM. — " Bring - and - buy " sale.
Three whist drives.
HORNSEY.—Whist...
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A Bronze-Medal Service at Torbay.
EARLY in the morning of 23rd January the 4,000-ton steamer English Trader, of London, ran ashore on Checkstone Ledge, at the entrance to Dartmouth harbour, owing to the temporary failure...
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