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Committee members of Warwick Ladies' Lifeboat Guild with, from left to right: Richard Mann (kneeling) regional organiser for Central England; the Lady Mayor of Warwick, Cllr Bridget Savory; Jean Terry, chairman for the appeal; and Bill... - View image in PDF
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Aden, of Liverpool
he Florence Life-boat of this station proceeded through heavy squalls to the assistance of the schooner Aden, ...
Village Maid, of Fleetwood
On the 10th Feb- ruary, at daylight, a vessel was observed to have sunk on the Dutchman's Bank, and the crew to be clinging to the rigging. The Penmon life-boat was accordingly launched through a high surf, and proceeded .to their aid....
Tania of Rochester
Wicklow - At 8.25 a.m. on 29th July, 1967, it was learnt that a yacht was in distress 15 miles southeast of Wicklow. A rope had fouled her propeller. The life-boat J. W. Archer was launched at 8.40 in a strong south easterly wind and a rough...
Gudveig of Oslo (2)
Caister, and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk; and Lowestoft, Suf- folk. At 4.59 on the morning of the 24th of February, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Gorleston station that the motor vessel Gudveig of Oslo...
Isabella of Hartlepool
On the 26th October, 1859, the coble Isabella, of Hartlepool, was seen in great danger off Redcar, the wind blowing a strong gale from N. by W., and a heavy sea running. The Institution's Red- car life-boat went off to her, and taking on...
Emmeline, of Bourdeux
The services of this Life-boat were also called into requisition on the 31st December, on the afternoon of which day a large vessel, distant some eight miles to the eastward of Sidmouth, was seen flying a flag of distress, during stormy...
Anstruther: After a Branch Dinner at 'The Cellar' In April Honorary Medical Adviser Dr Chris Brittain Presented First Aid Certificates to Ten Members of the Crew and Launc
Anstruther: After a branch dinner at 'The Cellar' in April honorary medical adviser Dr Chris Brittain presented first aid certificates to ten members of the crew and launchers; all who took the examination passed. Dr Brittain himself... - View image in PDF
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Freesia, of Grimsby
Motor Life-boat.
ON the 1st January the Motor Life-boat at Stromness, in the Orkneys, performed a fine service which illustrates very clearly the value of motor-power. At 9.15 A.M. the news was received at Stromness from...
A Baptism By Fire And Water
A BAptism By fiRe ANd WAteR At the northernmost tip of mainland Scotland, the waters of the Atlantic Ocean siphon into the North Sea and back again, twice a day, through a churning channel less than 7 miles wide. One new recruit will always...
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