Weymouth, Dorset,—On the 2nd of April, 1949, the life-boat William and Clara Ryland rescued four lives from the tug H.L.S. 161. Rewards, the silver medal to the coxswain, the bronze medal to the motor mechanic, and £19 12*. to coxswain...
MCH. 22ND. - EXMOUTH, DEVON. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but her crew were saved by a small boat from the shore.-Rewards, £26 15s. (See “ Services by Shore-boats,” Sidmouth, page 93.).
MAY 19TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the life-boat, which had the honorary secretary, Dr. Joseph Soar, Mus.
Doc., on board as radio operator, found...
At the end of each month the Institution brings out a leaflet with the figures of launches and lives rescued up to date, Copies of .this leaflet will be sent to any honorary secretaries who would like to have them for distribution..
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The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
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On the 2nd Feb. the Life-boat on the south side, or at Mornington, was trans- ported by land to Bettystown Strand, and launched therefrom to the assistance of the schooner Wilson, of Whitehaven, which was wrecked off there during a strong...
We must remember that, by and large, the area covered by a local REACT organisation will be governed by the range of its equipment. This area can of course be extended by relaying emergency messages on CB from user to user until they reach...
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the 14th November the Life -boat Licensed Victualler was launched to rescue a boy who had bee.n left on board the smack Mermaid, of Grimsby, which vessel had parted from her cables while in charge of the boy and grounded 200 yards from the...
February 25.—The ship Simoon, of Liverpool, during foggy weather, struck on a sunken rock in St. Bride's Bay. Six men went off to her assistance in a shore boat, and after some difficulty, from the thickness of the fog, they succeeded in...
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