Of the four periods in the history of the litcbodt. lilt' f i r s t , covering the days of the pulling ami sailing bouts, is by far the longest. Launch of the .Ifft Liverpool lifeboat Samuel Lewis tit Skegness in 1906.. - View image in PDF
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Over the weekend of May 17 and 18, 185 motor cruisers from 16 boat clubs on the River Thames assembled for Twickenham and District branch's 21st annual inter-club regatta at The Queen's Promenade, Kingston-upon-Thames. After an... - View image in PDF
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CLOUGHEY, Co. DOWN.—The Coastguard ' watchman haying reported a steamer on the North Rock on the 7th April, 1897, the Life-boat Faith was launched at 5.30 A.M., and prooeeding to the vessel found her to be the s.s. Rannoch, of and from...
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Whitstable, Kent. At 5 p.m. on ist October, 1964, the police informed the honorary secretary that the wife of the owner of the cabin cruiser Baltic Lily was concerned about the safety of her husband and the vessel. The Baltic Lily was...
Margate, Kent - At 7.3 a.m. on ist October, 1966, a yacht was reported aground on the Ridge sandbank half a mile south west of the North Tongue buoy. Although no distress signals had been made a passing ship reported that the yacht had a...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—-1st July. A steamer stranded on East Holm Sands, but refloated without help.—Rewards, £16 Is..
MAY 1ST. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea north of Lossiemouth, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £3 5s. 6d..
Jeff Morris, the honorary archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society is a prolific source of booklets on individual lifeboat stations and historical lifeboat matters. Few issues of THE LIFEBOAT pass without an opportunity to review...
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ABOUT 6.30 on the evening of the 15th July, 1962, a party of four people and a dog put to sea from Axmouth harbour, near Seaton, in a 12-foot 6-inch motor boat driven by a 5 horse-power out- board engine. After about an hour the man in...
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The ladies guild in the small market town of Driffield raised £3.046 in 1978, making a total of £9.497 in five years. A cheese and wine party at the Trout Inn is one popular annual event. (I. to r.) Mrs H. Byas. honorary treasurer.... - View image in PDF
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