The relief Tyne class lifeboat Owen and Ann Aisher alongside the sinking pilot boat St Olave. - View image in PDF
Photo Michael Pett. - View image in PDF
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DECEMBER 22ND. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. The No. 2 life-boat Edmund and Mary Robinson was launched at 5.40 P.M. as information had been received that a vessel was in distress near C.11 Black Buoy.
A light easterly breeze...
(Right) An RAF Sea King, one of the most modern and most powerful search and rescue helicopters. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Reflected Images. - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 22ND. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
An American Fortress aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but her crew had baled out on land. - Rewards, £29 13s..
OCTOBER 11TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. At 11.29 in the morning the coastguard reported that an R.A.F. Mosquito aeroplane had crashed into the sea three miles north-east of Porthdinllaen Point. A light east-north-east wind was...
NOVEMBER 20TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. An air-sea rescue launch’s engine had broken down, but she was able to repair it and go on her way. - Rewards, £7 5s..
A Canoeist Being Rescued By An Irb. - View image in PDF
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An Australian Lifeguard On Beach Patrol. - View image in PDF
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[Abridged from the Newcastle-on- Tyne Daily Papers.] THE new life-boat, recently presented by GEORGE JOHN FENWICK, Esq., to the port of Tynemouth, was launched there on Friday, the 13th November, with an unusual degree of ceremony. The boat...
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(Above) Early days: an RAF Whirlwind helicopter lifting an 'injured survivor' strapped in a stretcher as part of an exercise with Pads tow's 48ft 6in Oakley lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
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