The Director-General of Aircraft Safety has thanked the Institution for its "re»jj and gallant co-operation in the -work of rescue on, many occasions"..
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Yacht among rocks THE NORWEGIAN YACHT Festina-Lente reported by VHP radio at 1333 on Tuesday December 14, 1982, that her engine and steering gear had failed; she was one mile south of St Helier Harbour entrance.
The yacht...
Contemporary of Colonel Cornish: Thomas Henry Nicholas, coxswain at Sennen, 1911- 1920.. - View image in PDF
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On the 5th February a very gallant service, which challenged and secured the admiration of the town, was performed by the same valuable Life-boat. It was blowing a fresh gale from the S.S.E., when a vessel which entered the harbour reported...
The steamship Anglian, of Dublin, was stranded during heavy weather on the " Main," under the North Foreland lighthouse, on the 7th December. The Kingsgate life-boat put off, but her services were at first...
On the 22nd February, this noble life- boat was again out on service, and saved the crew of 20 men from the ship Hannah Patterson, of Bergen, which parted from her cables, and drove on shore on Yarmouth Beach during a strong N.E....
NOVEMBER 8TH. - GALWAY BAY. At 9.5 at night the life-boat coxswain heard a ship’s siren continually sounding, in the direction of Straw Island, and then saw distress rockets. A north-westerly breeze was blowing, but the sea was calm. The...
Portpatrick: Mrs Milligan. the honorar curator, mans a souvenir stall very popular with holidaymakers who visit the museum housed in the old lifeboat house.. - View image in PDF
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Kenneth Voice joined Shoreham lifeboat crew in 1964, he was second coxswain from 1972 and was appointed coxswain in 1976; he was awarded the silver medal in 1980.. - View image in PDF
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An RNLI stall at Cheltenham charities gala market in the Town Hall last September raised £72.87. Members of Cheltenham branch, with their impressive stall and backcloth, (I. tor.) Dennis Hughes, Brian Lilley (chairman), Pam . Proctor... - View image in PDF
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