MAY 26TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. It had been reported that an aeroplane had fallen into the sea about two miles north of Cromer lighthouse, but the life-boat was recalled when it was later learned that the aeroplane had come down 100 miles from...
A RECRUIT, on entering the French army, is early taught to swim. Water, when it becomes familiar, is the best of friends.
Soldiers have been known to march fifteen miles further (after a long march) under a sultry sun,...
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THE South Holland Life-boat Society was so pleased with the result of its inquiries as to the success of the NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION'S Steam Life-boats that it recently instructed Messrs. J. I. Thornycroft and Co., of Chiswick,...
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fescue from the Johan Cottett, 5 February 1963 Coxsivain Hubert Tetit, guernsey TheNorwegianmerchantship/o/w iCo et( was 14 miles off LesHanois lighthouse, Guernsey, when her skipper radioed for help; his cargo had shifted and his vessel was...
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Following the article 'Waiting for the lifeboat', which appeared in the Autumn 1996 issue of The Lifeboat, Lytham coxswain, Paul Heyes, and station honorary secretary, Frank Kilroy, discuss their individual viewpoints regarding...
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Honorary Life-Governor.
Commander HUBERT B. BOOTHBY, D.S.O., R.N.R., chairman of the Littlehampton branch, has been appointed an honorary life-governor of the Institution in recog- nition of the valuable services which he...
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Honorary Life-Governors.
Lady DOROTHY D'OYLY CARTE has been appointed an honorary life-governor of the Institution in recognition of the valuable services which she has rendered to the life-boat cause in...
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DURING the severe storms last December six Life-boat men lost their lives while on service. Five of them were members of the crew of the Life-boat at Rhoscolyn, in Anglesey, and the sixth belonged to the Boat at Johnshaven, in...
A Twelve Hours' Service in a Whole Gale.
AT 8.25 in the evening of 13th January a wireless message was received by the Coastguard at Portpatrick, Wigtown- shire, that a vessel was showing signals of distress off the...
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Southend'on-Sea, Essex.—12th December, 1937. A sailing barge had struck a sunken wreck off Low Way Buoy and sank, but her crew had already left her when the life-boat arrived.—Rewards, £19 10*..