Galway Bay. At ten o'clock on the night of the 29th of August, 1959, a member of the life-boat's crew saw flares being fired between Aran and the Connemara Coast. He informed the honorary secretary, and at 10.25 the life-boat Mabel...
Dungeness, and Dover, Kent ; Hast- ings and Eastbourne, Sussex. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 7th of February, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary at Eastbourne that an Auster aircraft was missing on a flight from Lympne...
JUNE 15TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
An aeroplane had fallen into the sea and man was seen to bale out, but a trawler picked him up. - Rewards, £2 5s..
FEBRUARY 3RD. - ALDEBURGH , SUFFOLK. An aeroplane had been reported down off Aldeburgh, but it was found to be much further north and the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £43 11s.
Bridlington, Humberside, saw north westerly winds and heavy showers on Sunday 29 August, conditions that tempted a couple of windsurfers to Fraisthorpe Beach but then one lost his board ...
Following a report that a man...
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A beach out of reach Even strong swimmers can be caught out, struggling in sight of land. Carol Waterkeyn reports Sunday 3 June 2007 was a memorable day for all the wrong reasons. A family holiday nearly turned into a disaster when Carolyne...
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INJURED YOUTH PICKED UP BY BOARDING BOAT Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. At 3.20 on the afternoon of the 10th June, 1962, the police informed the honorary secretary that a young man had fallen over the cliffs two miles south of...
It is anticipated that not the least inte- resting and instructive page of our Journal will be that which is devoted to Corres- pondence. Knowledge gained by expe- rience and personal observation is always valuable, and especially is it so...
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IREI.ANDS LINKS with the RNLI are almost as old as the Institution itself and the tradition of lifesaving around its rugged coastline stretches back to the turn of the century.
Guarding the busy shipping lanes bringing...
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