On the afternoon of the 17th October Lloyd's agent reported to the life-boat station that the s.s. Albionic, of Hull, bound from Murmansk for Sharpness with a cargo of timber, was anchored in Broad Bay, about seventeen miles from...
By VICE-ADMIRAL E. Fitz-Roy, F.R.S.
THE Life-Boat Journal having aided practical meteorology, the following memorandum, ' as a general answer to numerous observations and questions, may interest its readers: j and as...
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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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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...
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The Whitby Pulling and Sailing Life-Boat Leaving The Barge After Rescuing The Crew of Four The Whitby Motor Life-Boat Is at The Entrance To The Harbour. - View image in PDF
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SEPTEMBER 15TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
At 8.53 at night the coastguard reported that the R.A.F. high speed launch 170 was ashore on the rocks under Buckie coastguard station. A strong squally W.N.W. wind was blowing, with a...
Mr Arthur Pearcy, of Llanbedr, North Wales, visited A merica and left RNLI tea towels at United States Coast Guard bases. Here one of the tea towels is being displayed at the San Francisco base. They were purchased by Mr Pearcy from the... - View image in PDF
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The boat was again afloat on service on the 27th Dec., on which day she was called out to the assistance of a vessel in distress at the mouth of the harbour, which proved to be the schooner Caroline Philips, of Padstow, and when she was...
(Left) The reports and accounts of the year's work are submitted to the Governors of the Institution for adoption at the annual general meeting, after which medals for gallantry are presented.. - View image in PDF
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