On the 7th October, at about 1 A.M., a steamer, which proved to be the s.s. Idlewild, of Sunderland, coal-laden from the Tyne for London, appeared to have run aground on the north part of the Barber Sand. The coxswain of the Life-boat...
FEBRUARY 11TH. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON.
At 9.30 at night the King’s harbour master telephoned that Portwrinkle coastguard had reported flashes. Further reports were received from other coastguards, but it was uncertain whether...
Two of the Southwold ILB team receiving theirawards from the Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., at the annual meeting in London in May. Top: Mr. Patrick Pile and (below) Mr. Martin Helmer.. - View image in PDF
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1963 Kt 311,782 562 67,171 18,851 250 56,924 21,060 5,016 3,932 86,932 3,831 83,101 481,717 11,058 1,189 24,448 2,439 3.83I 42,965 39,602 33,883 73,485 75,918 2,409 12,716 61,666 3,522 1,546 81,859 46,827 8,632 409 55,868 811,812...
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Coxswain Thomas Rees, who died at the age of seventy-eight, was coxswain of the Angle life-boat for fifteen years, from 1906 until 1920, when he retired on account of old age. His most notable service was performed as a member of the crew in...
Category: Obituaries
A bouquet for the Duchess— a rose for a little girl: The Duchess of Kent takes out a rose from her bouquet and hands it back to 5-year-old Susanne Gibbs, daughter of Coxswain Kenneth Gibbs.
Photograph by courtesy of Western... - View image in PDF
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Two calls IN GALE AND STORM force winds, Torbay lifeboat, the 54ft Arun Edward Bridges (Civil Service No. 37) was launched on service twice on Friday November 14, 1980. The first call came from Brixham Coastguard at 1045: the crabbing...
A Supporter of the Future (Left) Casts His Eye Over A Model In The Poole Hq Museum. - View image in PDF
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The remains of the Watson cabin motor life-boats from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight and Selsey, Sussex. Nothing is left forward but the keels, deadwoods and iron floor-straps. On the left can be seen the forward steel bulkhead of the engine-room... - View image in PDF
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Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—A15.10 on the morning of the 25th of August, 1955, the Stornoway coastguard re- ported that the S.S. Graigaur, of Cardiff, which had a crew of thirty- four, had gone aground east of Barra Head and needed a tug....