A sponsored fin (swimming with flippers) by Castlereagh Sub-Aqua club produced £500 for Bangor branch.
John Houston, a member of the club, presented the cheque to Roger Killiner of Bangor lifeboat crew. A further £... - View image in PDF
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To JOHN BENSLEY, on his retirement, after serving 3 additional years as Coxswain of the Gorleston No. 2 Life-boat when the No. 2 Station was temporarily re-opened, an in- crease of his Pension and a Certificate of Service. Bensley had...
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The Atlantic 21, which takes its name from Atlantic College in Wales where it was first developed, has a Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) hull with Inflatable sponsons and a rollbar assembly above the two outboard engines on the... - View image in PDF
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A ship was seen with a signal of distress flying about half a mile to the eastward of this place on the 11th Jan., and the Life-boat at once proceeded off to her through a heavy ground sea, when she was found to be a Norwegian vessel of 134...
AUGUST 12TH. - ST. IVES, AND PADSTOW, CORNWALL. At 10.40 in the morning the St. Ives coastguard reported that a tug, with a steamer in tow, north of St. Ives Head, was making little headway. A fresh westerly gale was blowing, with very heavy...
An RNLI stall at Cheltenham charities gala market in the Town Hall last September raised £72.87. Members of Cheltenham branch, with their impressive stall and backcloth, (I. tor.) Dennis Hughes, Brian Lilley (chairman), Pam . Proctor... - View image in PDF
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THE month of February was marked by three fine services, two in the north of Scotland and the other in the south of England. One was performed by the Pulling and Sailing Life-boat at Thurso, the others by new Motor Life-boats of the Barnett...
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Torbay (Devon).
Between the 5th and the 7th December, with a strong gale blowing the whole time and a very heavy sea, the Torbay Motor Life-boat was out on service four times. She was out _for two hours on the 5th, rescuing...
In hurricane force winds, Ballycotton lifeboat crew launched to the aid of eight men on a lightship near Daunt Rock. 70 years on, it's a feat of courage and endurance still seen as one of the most demanding rescues in RNLI...
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Injured boy A MESSAGE from a doctor was received by Criccieth ILB station at 1135 on Tuesday July 31, 1979. asking that a 12-year-old boy, injured when he fell from the rocks at Black Rock, should be taken off by inshore...