Boys stranded at base of cliffWhen reports came through of two people trapped by the tide south of Tynemouth Harbour, Mechanic Kevin Mole knew a quick launch was vital Kevin Mole was at Tynemouth station when he heard that two boys were...
TV presenter, writer and adventurer Ben Fogle immersed himself in the RNLI’s past and present during his latest on-screen project …
It’s a crisp, cold January morning off the south Devon coast,...
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JULY 11TH . - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 5 in the morning the coastguard reported that a steam trawler was ashore and then that she was making distress signals, and the motor life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was...
Category: Services
Three lifeboats search for survivors from wrecked sailing ship Lifeboats from three stations were involved in the search for survivors when the 137-year-old sailing ship Maria Asumpta foundered after running ashore on the rocky North...
Daniel Norman was accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum for the rescue of a girl swept into the sea off Watchet on September 12, 1981; the service was reported in the spring 1982 issue of THE LIFEBOAT. After the... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain Arthur Liddon of Dover joined the lifeboat crew in 1950. He became assistant mechanic in July 1952, second coxswain in April 1966 and coxswain/mechanic in 1967.
He was awarded the silver medal for gallantry for a... - View image in PDF
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William F. G. Lord, QBE, BL, who was secretary and treasurer of Edinburgh branch from 1950 to 1964 and then secretary until 1976. Mr Lord became vice-chairman of the Executive Committee of the Scottish Lifeboat Council in 1966, a position he...
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Royal visitor: Princess Anne discusses lifeboating with Helmsman Bob Fossetl when she visited Southend in May to name the town's new Atlantic 21 lifeboat Percy Garon II.
Before the naming ceremony, the Princess had... - View image in PDF
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Remaining silent for an hour, a jumble sale, a raffle for a giant rabbit, 'Harvey', and a sponsored walk to Corfe Castle and back, were all ways that the children of St Mary's Church Sunday School, Swanage, raised money for their... - View image in PDF
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Rescued, landed and towed in...
Hayling Island lifeboat crew had their work cut out for them at an incident last year when, what started out as an annual goodwill visit, turned into a full scale clean up operation! On 31...