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Family of five snatched to safety from base of cliff on rising tide A service by Little and Broad Haven's D class on 23 September 1995 to a family stranded at the base of a cliff on a rising tide has led to the award of the...
Athelbeach
JANUARY 3RD. - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. During the night Valentia Radio Station reported that helpwas needed by a vessel in distress at Galley Head. A strong E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The motor life-boat Sarah...
St. Pierre
Storm tow HARTLAND POINT Coastguard informed lifeboat 70-001, Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No. 35), at 0210 on February 6 that a trawler was sinking 281°T 26 miles from the Point. The lifeboat was under way by 0220 and 12 minutes...
Here and There
Like father, like son A remarkable and honourable tradition is being carried on in the Keay family of Grayburn, near Invergowrie.
Captain T. A. Colin Keay is a member of the Committee of Management and chairman of Dundee...
Category: Articles
Sustainability: the long view
If you find it tricky to keep your landfill waste, carbon footprint and electricity bills to a minimum, spare a thought for the RNLI – we’ve got people and buildings all around the UK and Republic of Ireland. But we have a duty...
Category: Articles
Books
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• Those who help to launch lifeboats can often be regarded as the forgotten heroes and heroines of a rescue, but at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea they are determined that the women launchers, whose exploits twice brought...
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Saved by her dog's eyes When 14-year-old Catherine Sharman and her dog, Jet, became trapped on rocks by the tide, it proved difficult just to find her. Nightfall, driving rain, rough seas and strengthening winds all posed a challenge to...
Summary of Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 15th March, 1928.
SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair.
Reported the receipt of the following special contribution : Miss A. Hall (additional donation) . . £50 To be...
Category: Committee
Gang Warily Ashore After the Weather Had Moderated Coxswain Race Took the Tyne Class Lifeboat
Gang Warily ashore after the weather had moderated. Coxswain Race took the Tyne class lifeboat Owen and Ann Aisher (inset) into the surf among the rocks to snatch the skipper from his wheel house.
(Main Photo - Ron Sotheran... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Book Reviews
Among the 455 people aboard the passenger steamer Royal Charter which went aground off the Anglesey coast on 25th October, 1859, were members of the family of R. M. Ballantyne, the famous writer of children's books. Ballantyne was deeply...
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