Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 1.36 in the afternoon of the 5th of February, 1952, the Gorleston coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Poole Channel, of London, had wirelessed that she was making for Great Yarmouth with an injured...
The crew of Torbay's Arun Edward Bridges (Civil Service No. 37) can only watch as the trawler Tennetje sinks off Start Point, Devon on 17 July 1988.
The lifeboat had been called at 0605 after part of Tennetje's... - View image in PDF
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Nov. 30TH. - BARRA ISLAND HEBRIDES. At 11.10 A.M. a telegram was received from the Stornoway coastguard that a vessel was ashore on Calavay Island, near Eriskay. A southerly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 11.35...
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Mr Humphrey Atkins, an ex-naval officer, takes the wheel of the 46ft 9in Watson Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4) on a visit to Portrush lifeboat station last September. He was accompanied by Mrs Atkins... - View image in PDF
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New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 9.35 on the morning of the 3rd of January, 1957, the marine surveyor of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board telephoned to say that a member of the crew of the Bar lightvessel had been suddenly taken ill. As the...
H.R.H. Princess Margaret met Mr. J. Tofton, who is now the chief rigger at the Depot, at the RNLI stand at the International Boat Show. The Princess was escorted by the Secretary of the Institution, Mr. Stirling Whorlow.. - View image in PDF
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Down on the farm in Cheshire—but off on the milk round? The son of Hyde branch's honorary treasurer, Mrs Margaret Cheetham, sets off with the publicity D class inflatable lifeboat which, parked outside Hyde Town Hall where the branch was... - View image in PDF
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Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 10.32 on the night of the 31st of August, 1954. a man rang up to say that his sailing boat Victory had put out that morning with a crew of two and nine visitors, but had not returned. At 10.50 the life-boat Hearts of...
Aberdeen, and Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
—At 2.25 on the morning of the 17th of September, 1950, the Gregness coastguard telephoned the Aberdeen life-boat authorities. The motor fish- ing vessel Saga, of Aberdeen, with a...
Supporters crowd round the souvenir stall jring the break between the meetings.. - View image in PDF
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