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Letters
Trading Stamps Appeal May I say a big thank you to all the readers who have sent me trading stamps? I have at last raised £10,000 and am so grateful for all the help and encouragement I have received.
I started in a...
Category: Correspondence
(Below) Ex-Coxswain Robert 'Bobbie' Brunton Retired In 1976 After 29 Years As a Member of Tynemouth Lifeboat Crew; He Was Second Coxswain from 1953 to 1963 Coxswa
(Below) Ex-Coxswain Robert 'Bobbie' Brunton retired in 1976 after 29 years as a member of Tynemouth lifeboat crew; he was second coxswain from 1953 to 1963, coxswain from 1963 to 1976. At TynemoutH's annual Christmas dinner the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Launches
ABERDEEN ON-1248(17-24):May5, JunSJul 12,Aug3,11,17 D-536:May 5,Jun 3,13,19,24, Jul 3,10,11,13,Aug 3,6 ABERDOVEY B-758:May 22,Jun 19, Jul 16(x3),18(x2),24,27,31 B-767:Aug 9,15,16,17,20(x2) ABERSOCH B-79&May 28,Jun 3,4,24, Jul 10,15,24,27...
Category: Services
The S.S. Ardgantock (1)
Yarmouth, and Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 7.1 on the morning of the 13th of February, 1954, the S.S.
Ardgantock, of Greenock, wirelessed that she was listing badly and was in danger of foundering twelve miles west-by-...
Radar Was First Installed In a Lifeboat 1963 the Boat Being Stationed at Yarmouth In the Isle of Wight. the Cost of the Set Was Largely Paid for By a Fund Started By Admir
'Radar was first installed in a lifeboat in 1963, the boat being stationed at Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight. The cost of the set was largely paid for by a fund started by admirers of Joseph Conrad as a memorial to the great writer'... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Recovery at Padstow: Watching the Keel Like a Hawk Head Launcher Pat Raby Waits for the Right Moment to Throw the Heaving Line Photographs By Courtesy of Mark Dancy
Recovery at Padstow: watching the keel like a hawk, head launcher Pat Raby waits for the right moment to throw the heaving line. - View image in PDF
photographs by courtesy of Mark Dancy. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Kinniard
At 7 A.M. on the 5th November, during a strong W.S.W. gale and very heavy sea.
signals of distress were seen on board a small schooner which was in a very dangerous position and dragging her anchors. The steam Life-boat...
Lady Jane and Fury
Ramsgate, Kent. At 1.4 p.m. on 25th September, 1965, the east pier watchman reported that the motor yacht Lady Jane had broken down one mile east of the pier and was signalling for help. The lifeboat Michael and Lily Davis proceeded at 1.14...
Your Letters
Let's campaign to improve safety at sea! As an RNLI member, I was interested to read the Director's message in the Winter issue of THE LIFEBOAT and the Newspoint on page 147 suggesting that the RNLI is at last looking at ways to...
Category: Correspondence