JUNE 17TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 9.45 A.M. on the 16th June, a vessel in the Barley Picle was flying the “ Not under control ” signal. She was kept under observation. At noon a tug went out but found that the vessel,...
Ben Tart of Dungeness We are sad to report the death of Ben Tart, one of the most well-known lifeboat coxswains of the East coast, who gave some 50 years service to the RNLI.
Born in Dungeness in January 1915, Ben followed...
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BRIGADIER-GENERAL W. S. SWABEY, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., who died in September at the age of 68, had a distinguished career in the Royal Army Service Corps. During the war of 1914 to 1918 he was Deputy Director of Supplies in France, and...
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Jan. 3.—Voted II. !0s. to 3 men of Lerwick, N.B., who rescued 3 persons from the smack Teazer, of Sandsair, Shetland, which had been caught by a squall, and had sunk off Bressay, Shetland, on the 31st October.
Also 41. to...
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These photographs of the relief Arun class Margaret Russell Fraser were taken in Christchurch Bay while filming for the RNLI's latest film was in progress.
The 30-minute film is titled 'A Good Job Well Done' and...
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RED FOR DANGER Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 5.32 p.m. on 9th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Boy Leslie was burning red flares on the outer edge of the Newcombe sand. The cabin cruiser's engine had...
Seven lifeboat stations involved in 21 hour search for missing anglersA complex service on 14 April 1991 involved all seven lifeboat stations from Dover to Newhaven, lasted 21 hours and involved searching of an area of 3,400 square miles for...
During a whole N.N.E. gale, with a very heavy sea and rain, on the afternoon of the 28th October, an object, which looked like a boat, was seen and kept under observation by the Coxswain. Later it was reported that the local motor fishing...
WITH this number we greet a new readership. This consists of members of the newly formed Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters' Association to be known as the Y.L.A. The new Association was formally brought into being by Sir Alec Rose at...
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