Our Flood Rescue Team went to the aid of hundreds of people during Winter floods – including a stranded family
It should have been an exciting, festive family stay in Cumbria. But when young brothers Sebastian and Jacob...
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In photo (A) the tug Tystie manoeuvres close to Green Lily to put a tow line aboard while the lifeboat stands by.. - View image in PDF
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THE almost total disappearance of the old-fashioned small sailing coaster, the place of which baa been taken by steamers, coupled with the vastly improved con- ditions under which the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland are lighted, has...
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IN the early hours of 24th March, 1964, the Sennen Cove life-boat Susan Ashley rescued the crew of the French trawler Victoire Roger from under the cliffs at Land's End. The coxswain was awarded a bronze second service clasp for...
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SEPTEMBER 24TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
At 12.25 in the morning the Portrush coastguard telephoned that the Ballycastle coastguard had reported a small boat in difficulties between Ballycastle and Fair...
Rhyl, Flintshire. —At 2.30 in the afternoon of the 24th of April, 1949, the owner of the local fishing vessel Osprey, reported that she was aground in the surf half a mile north of the entrance to Foryd Harbour. It could be seen that she had...
Reproduction of the Portrait of a Famous Coxswain.
THE Institution is preparing a Life-boat Calendar for 1931, which will be ready in November. In previous years the calendars have consisted of reproduc- tions of paintings...
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The Joseph and Mary, 84 feet by &i feet, 10 oars.
THE port of Poole is situated on the N.E. shore of the picturesque bay of that name. When the tide is in, and the extensive mud flats covered, the scenery is striking...
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The occasion was a special illumination of the town.. - View image in PDF
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