At 8 A.M. on the 26th February, a telephone message was received from the coastguard that one of H.M. Torpedo Destroyers was rapidly drifting towards the break- water, and that the crew of the Life- boat Friern Watch should be...
When you are representing the RNLI and receiving a cheque from the Derbyshire Association of Sub Aqua Clubs you have to be prepared to sink to certain depths. This is what Shoreline member John Tester (r) did when Peter Townend (I) made the... - View image in PDF
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On the 15th October, during a strong westerly breeze, the lugger Castletown, of Belfast, in working out of Howth Harbour, struck on a rock near Ireland's Eve. The tide being at the time just on the turn, her position became very perilous...
4 May this year marked the 200th anniversary of Sunderland lifeboat station, the first RNLI station in England to reach this landmark. To mark this occasion, a dinner and disco was held at The Stadium of Light, home of Sunderland Football... - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 13TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At 3.5 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that German aeroplanes had dropped bombs and later that a vessel was reported to be firing red flares. At 3.50 the No. 1 motor life-boat...
Ben Haslett (r.), a Shoreline member and steward of Guildford Corporation Club, arranged a social evening for the RNLl last November. The resulting cheque for £210 was presented to Sydney Gillingham (/.), assistant district organising... - View image in PDF
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The Rev R F Rendell of Brightlingsea Preaching From The Life-Boat at Clacton-On-Sea. - View image in PDF
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The "John Russell" With The Duchess of York On Board In Montrose Dock. - View image in PDF
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A 15 year old youth ran up to a group of fishermen by the harbour at Dunbar, East Lothian, and told them that his brother had been washed off the rocks at the harbour entrance.
Coxswain Robert Brunton, who was present with...
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GREAT YARMOUTH.—A schooner, whichproved to be the Ocean Wave, of Fowey, coal laden, from Shields for Plymouth, was seen stranded on the Scroby Sand in thick weather on the 5th May. At 6.50 p.m. the Life-boat John Surch proceeded to her...