Scarborough and Teesmouth, Yorkshire - On i6th November, 1966 the Scarborough life-boat J. G. Graves of SJieffield and the Teesmouth life-boat Sarah Jane and James Season were launched to stand by the oil rig Neptune I.
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JUNE 3RD. - AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 1.20 A.M. the coastguard telephoned that news had been received that a ship had been bombed and was sinking some seven miles east of Coquet, and the motor life-boat Frederick and Emma...
The s.s. Brighton, of Newcastle, whilst bound from the North for Calais "on the llth June, stranded on Deal Bank. The vessel was observed from the shore, and the Reserve Life-boat, which is at present stationed at Deal, was launched...
A Welsh Folk Night was held last August at the Royal Pier Pavilion, Aberystwyth, to raise funds for the station's new lifeboat. Soloists, including Helmsman Alan Blair, provided the Welsh flavour but the evening ended with a hilarious...
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On the 6th Januaty the brig Arefhuaa, of Myth, wfcnt ashore on the Gross Sand, near Grest Yarmouth. The Caister life-boat was immediately launched, and proceeded, under sail, to the rescue of her Crew, eight in number, whom she suc- ceeded...
The Dublin lifeboat spring sale of work was held in the Royal Dublin Society on Friday March 9. With over 300 voluntary workers involved it is the single largest fund-raising event in Ireland for the lifeboat service. Mrs...
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NOV. 24TH. - NEW BRIGHTON , CHESHIRE. At 10 P.M. the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board reported a vessel ashore on the revetment, inshore of Beta Buoy. A fresh N.N.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea and squalls of wind, rain and hail. The...
Crew of Arklow lifeboat Inbhear Mor, whose service to MV Gansey on December 22,1955, was the longest for the Institution during the winter months of 1955/56: C. May, M. Fitzgerald, Bill Kenny, Motor Mechanic John Hayes, Coxswain Peter Kenny,... - View image in PDF
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TWO LIFE-BOATS OUT TO LEBANESE STEAMER Eastbourne, and Hastings, Sussex. At 2.53 on the afternoon of the 30th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the Eastbourne honorary secretary that a ship had been reported on fire four miles south of...
The upkeep of the Dungeness station has cost the R.N.L.I, huge sums of money over the years. The sea has receded so steadily that older Dungeness life-boat houses are far inland. This picture taken in November 1967 indicates some of the... - View image in PDF
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