TYRELLA, DUNDBUM: BAT.—Signals of distress having been shown by a vessel which was close to the Long Rocks, during a moderate gale from the S., thick weather, and a rough sea, on the morning of the 1st December, the Life-boat Louisa Burnaby...
The Busiest Year for Nineteen Years.
THE year 1935 was for the life-boat service the busiest for nineteen years.
There were 378 launches of life-boats to vessels in distress. To find a larger number one...
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JULY 21ST. - PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. An R.A.F. aeroplane had crashed in the sea and the pilot had baled out, but he was picked up dead by a government launch. - Rewards, £20 11s. 6d..
At Formby, Lancashire. The life-boat horses, obtained from a local contractor, had been requisitioned by the Army, and horses were lent from a military camp in the neighbourhood. - View image in PDF
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AT 11.40 on the night of the 6th of December, 1959, the honorary secre- tary of the Longhope, Orkneys, life- boat station, Dr. S. Peace, was told by the Kirkwall coastguard that the trawler George Robb was ashore on the Stacks of...
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IN the September 1962 issue of The Life-boat the honour bestowed on Rear Admiral E. S. Irving was in- correctly given as K.C.B. instead of C.B. on page 300. On page 329 it was stated that ex-coxswain Henry Walker of Holy Island had served...
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Arranmore, August 30, 1986: This station, off the north west coast of Ireland, can accurately be described as one of the outposts of the RNLI. The picturesque island is now linked to the mainland by a regular ferry service and so it was... - View image in PDF
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The Michael and Lily Davis entering Ramsgate harbour with Blu-Blud in tow. The rescued crew can be seen amidships.. - View image in PDF
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