Great Yarmouth and Gorleston. — At 7.56 on the morning of the 17th of June, 1948, the Gorleston coastguard tele- phoned that three men in a shrimp boat, two miles to the south-south-west, were showing a flag on a pole and appar- ently...
Last Summer, RNLI lifeguards and lifeboat crews saved the lives of 82 children and teenagers – but they can’t prevent every drowning, as mum-of-two Bethany Hope reports
Tragedy hit the...
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DECEMBER No. 2 Life-boat Area Port St. Mary, Isle of Man - At 1.30 p.m. on 19th December, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary sec- retary that a catamaran was showing distress signals about eight miles south of Chickens Rock...
Category: Services
LAUNCHES AND LIVES SAVED BY LIFE-BOATS AND IRBs 1st June to 31st August: Launches 820, lives saved 387.
JUNE NORTH-WEST DISTRICT Holyhead, Anglesey - At 10.23 p.m.
on 25th June, 1966, a boy was reported to...
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"Peace hath her Victories No less renown'd than War."
THUS wrote the great poet of a war which he deemed, as we do our mighty conflict of to-day, one of Liberty against Tyranny, of the oppressed against...
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SCARCELY had the British public had time to fully realize the national loss by the wreck of H.M.S. Orpheus, as narrated in the foregoing pages—scarcely were they made aware that a splendid man-of-war steamer, with her perfect equipment, and...
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BooKS A lifeboating selection to inspire, thrill and ponder Asboville by Danny Rhodes Asboville may not sound like it has any relevance to the RnLi, however a lifeboat crew member plays a key part in this surprising...
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Baltimore, Co. Cork.—On the after- noon of the 23rd of May, 1956, anxiety was felt for the safety of the local ftshingboat CarberyLass, which was long overdue. The life-boat John R. Webb, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at...
The relief Tyne class lifeboat The Good Shepherd pictured when on service from Holyhead on 31 January 1990.
The lifeboat had been launched in severe gale conditions when the Irish Sea ferry St Columba suffered an engine... - View image in PDF
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Nov. 9TH. - SEAHAM, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At 7.50 A.M. a message was received at Seaham from the coastguard that the S.S. Carmarthen Coast, of Liverpool bound, laden, from Kirkcaldy to London had struck a mine several miles to the east...