Tyne's inflatable used to reach stranded fishing boat survivors A service to a 17ft fishing vessel and her crew of two in hazardous conditions, among rocks and in rough seas, has earned two men from Wick's lifeboat station the Thanks...
From surfers to fishermen to lifeboat coxswains, people who rely on the sea need to be expert at understanding what it’s doing. But how well do you know your tides, waves and currents?
The sea is changing all the time....
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Fos the third year the Staff at the Institution's Storeyard at Poplar, with the help of the Staff at Headquarters, gave a Christmas Tea and Entertain- ment to children living in the neigh- bourhood of the Storeyard. The party was given...
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HENDON, SUNDERLAND.—As the re- sult of a shipwreck, with loss of life, at Ryhope Point, Sunderland, the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has, on the strong representation of the Local Committee, formed a Life-boat station at Hendon Beach...
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FRENCH TRAWLER AIDED St. Mary's, Scilly Islands. A doctor rang the coxswain at 10 p.m. on 6th October, 1963, stating that he had heard from the Penzance Port Medical Authority that a French trawler, Ketty et Michou, was steaming at full...
Sennen Cove, Cornwall; and St.
Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 8.12 on the evening of the 28th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the Sennen Cove honorary secretary that the Southern Rescue Coordination Centre at Ply- mouth...
The history of the Lerwick lifeboats The history of the New Quay lifeboats The history of Barrow lifeboats By Jeff Morris Price: £3.50 each (including postage and packaging) The honorary archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts'...
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Many colleges have their own sports teams, but how many can claim to have their own lifeboat crew? At Atlantic College, a crew made up of teachers and students is on call, ready to swap the classrooms and quarters at St Donat's Castle...
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IN the early hours of the 8th of December, 1959, the Broughty Ferry life-boat Mona was launched on receipt of a message that the North Carr lightvessel had broken adrift. Some time between 5.15 and 6.00 in the morning the life- boat capsized...
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Aberdovey, Merioneth. At 6.50 p.m.
on 7th August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two people were stranded on an isolated rock below the cliffs at Berth. At 6.55 the inshore rescue boat launched in a...