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Idun, of Bergen
RAMSGATE AND BROADSTAIRS.—At day- break, on the 28th March, during a strong north-easterly wind and in a heavy sea, a large barque was seen ashore on the Goodwin Sands with a signal of distress flying. The Life-boat Bradford and the harbour...
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Aberdeen: On Sunday May 29 Aberdeen's D class inflatable lifeboat, manned by Helmsman Stuart Durno and Crew Members James Ferguson and Allan Charles, launched to the aid of a youth stranded on cliffs inaccessible from the land. When the...
Handing Over Ceremony:
Handing over ceremony: Caterham and District branch handed over a 15ft 6in D class inflatable lifeboat to Newhaven lifeboat station at Timber Hill recreation ground, Caterham on Saturday December 29, 1984. The lifeboat was funded out of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Successful Rnli Fun Day and Regatta Held In Chichester Harbour
The successful RNLI Fun Day and Regatta held in Chichester Harbour raised £5,000. The event was organised by Christopher Hoare of Chichester branch and other branches involved were Selsey, Manhood, Hayling Island and Emsworth.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
La Belle Dame
ST HELIER, JERSEY, August 23, 1987: the 44ft Waveney class lifeboat Thomas James King takes in tow the 48ft cabin cruiser La Belle Dame after a MAYDAY alert, when the Shoreham-based vessel hit the Hinguette reef at 1418 and began to sink....
Mrs Townrow of Frome, Somerset,
MrsTownrow of Frome, Somerset, was proud to see the outcome of her funding of an IBI-type D class lifeboat as it passed en route to Howth,Co. Dublin.
(Pictured centre with the RNLI's Sarah Sleigh and Hugh Fogarty.)... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
D'Artagnon and Hedvig Sophia
NORTH DEAL.—On the 11th November, while a heavy S.S. W. gale was blowing, signals of distress were observed, whereupon the Life-boat's crew assembled, and after some delay, on account of the water being low at the time, the boat was...
Nomad
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 12.J5 on the afternoon of the 15th of Decem- ber, 1958, the marine surveyor of the Mersey Harbour and Docks Board told the honorary secretary that the crew of two of the yacht Nomad had spent the night on the Bar...
A Boat
Four lifeboats in search for missing anglers Lifeboats from Whitstable, Margate, Sheerness and Walton and Frinton were involved in a massive search for a man and his 12-year-old son after they failed to return in their 14ft boat following a...