MAN COLLAPSED At 6.46 p.m. on 9th September, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat had overturned in moderate seas and a fresh south-westerly breeze off Bowleaze cove. At 7.5 the lifeboat Frank Spiller Locke put...
It is with deep regret that we announce the following deaths: February: Mrs Annie Fitton who for 25 years was a member of Audenshaw branch, acting as treasurer for 18 years and then as assistant treasurer.
April: Cyril...
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JANUARY 15TH. - BOULMER, AND AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND. A small Newbiggin fishing boat, bound from North Sunderland to Amble, had been reported overdue, but nothing could be found, and on the following day the boat was towed in by a Craster...
• Patrick Howarth, who retired as the RNLI's public relations officer in 1979, is far from retired from his career as an author. His latest book, George VI (Hutchinson, £12.50) recently published, is a meticulous biography of a shy,...
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Criccieth, Caernarvonshire - At 2.45 p.m. on 6th September, 1966, a speed boat was seen adrift in Criccieth Bay.
There was a fresh westerly breeze with a rough sea. At 3.5 the life-boat Robert Lindsay was launched on an...
Thank you for your kind generosity over the festive season. We had an incredible response to our 2016 Christmas Appeal – you gave £1.3M in total. £750,000 of it is being added to a generous legacy, to fund a new Shannon class...
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SEPTEMBER 12TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
A small boat was reported to have capsized, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £14 14s..
AT the personal request of the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Sutherland has accepted the Presidency of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, in succession to the Marchioness of Carisbrooke, and she inaugurated her Presidency by issuing an...
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Volunteer life savers, who patrol Australian beaches, taking a surf boat out from the beach to the open sea through treacherous waters at Dee Why, a popular resort, near Sydney, New South Wales.. - View image in PDF
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