Salcombe, Devon. At 5.16 on the afternoon of the 1st of September, 1958, the coastguard at Bolt Head told the honorary secretary that a woman had fallen over a cliff between Sewer Mill Cove and Bolberry Down. The life- boat Samuel and Marie...
First aid for a doctor Kinghorn in Fife's Atlantic 75 Elizabeth Ann was launched just after 5pm on 20 July 2005 to the help of a doctor who had lost her footing while rock climbing at Hawkcraig Point, Aberdour, and fallen 15m onto a...
NOVEMBER 12TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. The S.S. Eaglescliffe Hall, of Montreal, had been reported drifting, and the life-boat put out twice, but she could not find her. The news came through later that the crew had been rescued by...
IN 1931 no fewer than 686 Branches held Life-boat Days, as compared with 672 in 1930 and 616 in 1929. The actual number of Days was still larger, for many Branches cover a wide area and include several districts, each of which holds its own...
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(Below) In the calm after the storm the tiny gap into which the lifeboat was manoeuvred can clearly be seen. At the time of the service it was dark, blowing Force 10 and with a large surge running. Photos Graeme Story, Lerwick. - View image in PDF
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Flash rips sweep South West RNLI lifeguards had their busiest week of the year in early August 2005.
In just three days, they dealt with a staggering 368 incidents involving rip currents The peak of activity came on 8...
LII. PLYMOUTH.—The Clemency, 34 feet by 7 feet 9 inches, 10 oars.
ALTHOUGH the history of Plymouth is intimately connected with the exploits of the renowned and adventurous sailors of the Elizabethan era, it does not seem...
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Fleetwood, Lancashire.—On the 3rd of April, 1949, the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell rescued the crew of eight of the ketch Alpha, of Stranraer, and rescued six of them a second time after they had returned to the ketch. Rewards, the bronze...
Launch By Horses at Padstow Fifty Years Ago. - View image in PDF
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The Coastguard telephoned to the Honorary Secretary at 1.15 A.M. on the 8th January that a steamer, which was found later to be the Afon Dulais, of Llanelly, bound for Port Talbot with pig iron, was aground on the Mixon Sands. A light N.N.W....