Skipper plucked to safety through wheelhouse window in 30ft seas and Force 9 galeCoxswain Alan Thomas of the Tenby lifeboat has been awarded the RNLI's silver medal for bravery following the rescue of three men from two fishing vessels...
For which Rewards were given at the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Crail, Fifeshire.—The trawler Jane Rosst, of Aberdeen, struck the Harvey Rocfe off Crail, while bound in ballast...
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Greater London.
Life-boat stand at the Engineering and Marine Exhibition at Olympia. (A special report will appear in the next issue.) BEXLEYHEATH.—Annual meeting on 28th October, Mrs. Ford Sadler, M.B.E., chairman,...
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From Punch, February 13th, 1892, on the occasion of the wreck of the Eider Reproduced by kind permission of the proprietors of PUNCH.
Category: Drawings
Fireman Sam deciphers the name on a winning ticket from the draw while Anthony Oliver, the RNLI's deputy head of fundraising and marketing, prepares the drum for another spin.. - View image in PDF
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IT will be within the recollection of our readers, that in May 1913 we had the pleasure of announcing that His Majesty the King of Norway had graciously given a monetary reward to be divided among the crew of the Skegness Lifeboat, for their...
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Montrose, Angus. At ten o'clock on the morning of the 15th of March, 1960, conditions at the harbour entrance were very bad. A strong easterly wind was blowing, and the sea was very rough.
It was clear that the motor...
Bridlington: Late on the evening of Wednesday July 26 Arthur Dick, the honorary secretary, saw a small trawler pass the harbour entrance and go ashore on North Beach. The Harbour Office was informed and Bridlington's 37ft Oakley lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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Scene from the Boxing Day life-boat ball on Granada Television's 'Coronation Street'. On the left, Doris Speed who plays Annie Walker; on the right, David Davies.. - View image in PDF
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Weymoulh: The quay was crowded for the naming of the 54' Arun class lifeboat Tony Vandervell . . . photograph by courtesy of HMS Osprey. - View image in PDF
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