On the night of Sunday May 28 Bridlington ILB launched to go to the yacht Pinkers ablaze in North Bay. The yacht's crew of nine had taken to their dinghy but could not propel her and both boats were drifting together with wind and tide.... - View image in PDF
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With the 25-knot Trent and Severn lifeboats becoming increasingly common sights around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, Nicholas Leach looks at the history of the Waveney class, the first 'fast' lifeboat to...
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For the past three years Ruth Cawsey (r) and Carolyn Doorbar have raised funds for Weston-super-Mare branch at Christmas time by playing carols in clubs and pubs and in the local shopping area. In the first year they raised £700: in the... - View image in PDF
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Crew Member John Dew, Torbay. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Torbay Herald Express. - View image in PDF
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(Below) Commander F. R. H. Swann, CUE, Chairman of the Management Committee, describes steering position details to Alderman F. W. Marshall, Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and the Lady... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain John Dare read the lesson at the service of thanksgiving and dedication.. - View image in PDF
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Mrs. Pam Bull being helped ashore by the life-boat crew at Brightlingsea.. - View image in PDF
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ON the 18th September a very successful procession took place at Ashington, and as a result of it and of a ball which followed, a sum of over £174 was raised for the Institution. Ashington is a min- ing village, and the Day was...
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BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT TYNEMOUTH DECEMBER 1ST AND 8TH.-CULLERCOATS AND TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 8.50 in the morning the Cullercoats life-boat station received a message from the Tynemouth coastguard that a vessel had...
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 11.20 on the night of the llth of December, 1952, the coastguard reported that two jet aircraft had collided and crashed into the sea at a position four miles north- west, thence twenty miles north-east by north. The...