.—The small motor fishing boat John and George, of Lowestoft, was fishing half a mile south- east of the Coastguard lookout on the morning of 7th April when her engine failed and her net fouled the propeller.
A moderate...
Memorial Rosslare Lifeboatmen's Memorial Committee would like to thank you for the very nice article you published in THE LIFEBOAT (Letters, autumn 1981) concerning its project of erecting a suitable memorial to the fl great men of the...
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G o v e r n o r s • S h o r e l i n e • S t o rm F o r c e Action stations As technology continually improves, so too does the RNLI's ability to save lives at sea.
But every improvement comes at a...
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One of the most gal- lant Life-boat services ever rendered on the Scotch coast was performed by the Montrose Life-boats on the 21st Decem- ber, it being attended with the greatest risk to some of the brave Life-boat men.
It...
THE following is a copy of a Circular which has been addressed by the Royal National Life-boat Institution to the local Committees of its several Life-boat Branches on the coasts of the United Kingdom. The Circular explains at length the...
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Eastbourne's D class inflatable comes ashore after another service later in the year. On the night that Ian Stringer won his Silver Medal it was pitch black, there was a 6ft sea, the lifeboat's port sponson was holed and she was full... - View image in PDF
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RHOSNEIGIR, ANGLESEY.— A rocket was fired from a vessel near Rhoscolyn Landmark early on the morning of the 7th March. The weather was foggy, and a heavy sea was running, the wind being S.W. The Thomas lAngham Life-boat proceeded to her...
On the 16th February, a boat containing part of the crew of the ship Sydney Dacres, from San Francisco to Liverpool, which had been abandoned at sea, arrived at Knightstown, in the island of Valentia, Co. Kerry. Fourteen of the crew were...
V.—MARGATE.
The Quiver, No. I.
This Life-boat is 34 feet long with 8 feet 3 inches beam, and pulls 10 oars.
A LIFE-BOAT Station was first formed at the town of Margate, under the...
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A special thank you They say that just before you die, your whole life passes before you. At the age of eight you haven't had much of a life so when you come close to 'it', you really can recall everything.
My...
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