Andrew Freemantle MBE, chief executive of the RNLI, and Michael Viasto, operations director, teamed up to row up the River Thames to raise money for the RNLI.
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Rescue a dramatic struggle becomesCold, tired and wet, the lone skipper of the yacht Wing had been without sleep for nearly two days when his yacht ran aground on the Long Sands, south of Skegness, on the morning of 5 May 2002. As rough seas...
Scuba divers rescued In steep breaking surf and Force 7 SSE winds,Salcombe's Tyne class lifeboat The Baltic Exchange II rescues three scuba divers from Hertfordshire overboard from their capsized rigid inflatable diving boat and in...
NOVEMBER 27TH. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
A returning fishing boat reported that another fishing boat, the St. Gerrard, had broken down. A south-south-west wind was blowing, with a very rough sea, and the weather was getting...
JANUARY 2 7TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
From noon onwards a watch was kept for the local motor fishing boat North Star. A strong north-north-east gale was blowing, with a rough sea and snow showers, and all the other boats had...
FEBRUARY 9TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON, AND THE LIZARD, CORNWALL. The S.S. Georges Mabro, of Alexandria, had been reported out of control to the south of Start Point, and the Salcombe motor life-boat put out at 1.40 P.M., but was signalled from...
MARCH 22ND. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW At about 8.45 A.M. information was received that the Greek steamer Mount Taurus, of Syra, was on the Arklow Bank. Another vessel was standing by her. A moderate southerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate...
APRIL 7TH. - POOLBEG, CO. DUBLIN.
Three men in a rowing boat were seen at 1.5 in the afternoon to be drifting towards the north wall breakwater, and the motor lifeboat Helen Blake, with the second-coxswain in charge, was...
NOVEMBER 18TH. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
The Staithes fishing boats Minnie, Flora and Star of Hope had put to sea at 10 A.M. in fine weather, but by 1.45 PM. the N.W. wind had increased and the sea had become very rough,...
DECEMBER 4TH. - SEAHAM, DURHAM.
About 4.40 A.M. the coastguard reported a vessel aground at Hawthorne Point, two miles south of Seaham coastguard look-out.A light S.W. wind was blowing, with a ground swell, and the weather...