In a nail-biting service, Donaghadee lifeboat crew battled to save three lives. Would the Coxswain keep cool and reach the sailors in time?
Rudely awoken at 2.15am on 13 September 2009, the County Down crew sprang into...
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LIFEBOAT SMALL ADS TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY THE PRISMATIC HAND-HELD MARCHING COMPASS This brass compass is made in England to an extremely high standard of specification and is an improved version of the 'Standard Service Type...
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TORBAY, Sunday January 12, 1986: a 15-year-old boy had fallen 100 ft down a cliff to the south of Berry Head. A coastguard cliff rescue team had gone to his assistance and Torbay's 54 ft Arun class lifeboat, Edward Bridges, launched so...
Weston-super-Mare: The cave on the south side of Brean Down from which three trapped boys were rescued on November 12; on that day a full southerly gale was blowing and there was a rough sea with breaking surf. For this service the thanks of... - View image in PDF
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Teds' Treat! The Teddy Bears' Picnic held at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea lifeboat station was a roaring success for bears and bear owners. Teddy biscuits with teddy juice were sold for 30p and competitions were held for the largest teddy,... - View image in PDF
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THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 143 station life-boats 101 inshore rescue boats 1 70-foot steel life-boat on operational trials 1 44-foot steel life-boat on evaluation trials at Barry Dock LIVES RESCUED 90,321 from the Institution's foundation in...
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THE loss of the whole crew of the Longhope life-boat made a deep impact on the nation as a whole. It evoked feelings not only of sympathy and grief but also of generosity and a widespread determination to express sympathy in a practical form...
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RUSSIAN SEAMAN At 10 a.m. on nth November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a seaman in the Russian vessel Vetlugales needed medical aid. The vessel was moored near middle Shoebury buoy in a smooth sea and light airs...
Silloth - Atlantic 75 Spirit of Cumbria and new lifeboat house St Bees - new lifeboat house Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent had a busy two days in October when, during a tour of Cumbria, she named one lifeboat and opened two new...
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His GRACE THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, K.G., IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by His Grace the DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, K.G.
Seconded by Vice-Admiral LORD CHARLES BERESFORD, C.B.
Supported by the Right Hon....
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