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HELICOPTER RESCUE At 8.46 p.m. on 3ist May, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a Swedish vessel had reported that a yacht was firing red flares one mile east of the Margate sands beacon. There was one hour before low water, and it...
64 YEARS WITH THE QUEEN
Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI, believed that sea rescue was ‘a cause which extends from the palace to the cottage ... and which addresses itself with equal force to all the best feelings of every class in the state.’ So began our... - View image in PDF
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U.S. Coast Guard Station on the Great Lakes, With Crew Performing Capsize Drill In a Surf Boat
US Coast Guard Station on the Great Lakes With Crew Performing Capsize Drill In A Surf Boat. - View image in PDF
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A Sponsored Row from Bristol to Appledore Which Was Attempted By Crew Members from Appledore Unfortunately Had to Be Abandoned After About 20 Miles Due to Strong Winds and Aggravation
A sponsored row from Bristol to Appledore which was attempted by crew members from Appledore, unfortunately had to be abandoned after about 20 miles due to strong winds and aggravation to an old hand injury of one of the rowers.
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Summary of Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 18th October, 1928.
The HON. GEORGE COLVILLE, in the Chair.
Appointed Lieut.-Commander J. M. Upton, R.D., R.N.R., a District Inspector of Lifeboats.
Decided that, for...
Category: Meetings
Coxswain Jesse L. Salmon, Clacton-On-Sea
Coxswain Jesse L. Salmon, who died on 13th January, 1938, at the age of eighty-four, had a distinguished career. He was bowman of the Clacton-on-Sea life-boat for just over a year, second coxswain for over fifteen years, and coxswain for...
Category: Obituaries
Line Throwing Gun at Naval Display
A TOURNAMENT and Display, organized by the Naval, Military and Air Force authorities at Portsmouth, was held on Southsea Common during the first fort- night of August. It was on the lines of the Naval and Military Tournament at Olympia, and...
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The Refrigerated Cargo Vessel Green Lily
Heroism and tragedy as ship goes ashore in 50ft breakerswith a 3,000-ton cargo vessel just yards off a rockstrewn coastline, and being driven inexorably ashore by breaking seas almost 50ft high, the crew of the Lerwick lifeboat had just one...
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