In Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, on Saturday April 25 the then Lord Mayor of the City of Portsmouth, Councillor Miss M. W. Sutcliffe, presented to Sir Alec Rose, Freeman of the City of Portsmouth and president of Portsmouth (Langstone... - View image in PDF
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BIyth, Northumberland - At 11.45 a.m. on 24th March, 1968, thecoastguard told the honorary secretary that a coble had fired distress flares in Cambois bay about one mile north of the harbour mouth.
The life-boat Winston...
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 9.9 p.m. on 9th September, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an injured man aboard the motor fishing vessel Susitna needed medical assistance urgently. At 9.30 the lifeboat Mary Ann Hepworth,...
Dover, Kent - At 9 a.m. on 14* April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht, with a crew of four on board, off Shakespeare cliffs had sent up distress flares. The lifeboat Southern Africa left her moorings...
Stornoway's Arun SirMaxAitken Is pictured from aboard the stranded merchant vessel Golf Star as the lifeboat stands by in worsening weather on 21 October 1995.
The Antiguan registered Golf Star was on passage from... - View image in PDF
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There was a definite air of inter-rescue services co-operation when Tenby lifeboat crew won the RAF Brawdy 202 Squadron challenge trophy in a darts competition between Pembrokeshire rescue organisations. The £128.31 raised in the raffle... - View image in PDF
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Ramsgate: Sunday June 9 was the day Ramsgate's new Atlantic 21 lifeboat was dedicated and named Ramsgate Enterprise. Mr Martin Lewis, grandson of the late Mrs Holway who had left a sum of money to the station, is seen here unveiling two... - View image in PDF
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Torbay lifeboat Ralph and Bonella Farrant returns to Torquay Harbour with the French racing yacht Corum and her 12-man crew in tow. The 45ft sloop had been in danger of foundering on the rocks off Hopes Nose after her rudder snapped in a...
Two saved from sinking fishing boat Cullercoat's Atlantic was called out to the fishing boat Cormorant when she began taking water about two miles to the east of the station on 31 March 1996.
It took less than five... - View image in PDF
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Mablethorpe has received a new Atlantic 75 provided for by the legacy of the late Miss Evelyn Selina Wallace, of Newton Abbot, Devon. Miss Wallace funded the new lifeboat and provided a substantial amount towards the cost of the new station.... - View image in PDF
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