Walmer, Kent - At 3.45 p.m. on 2yth December, 1966, a large steamer was thought to be aground near the B.I.
buoy on the Brake Sands. Visibility was poor and the vessel was just visible. The life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil...
With her are the Duke of Montrose, the Lady Helen Graham (Lady-in-Waiting), Mr. Robert L. Mudie, and Commander Drury, Chief Inspector of Life-boat*.. - View image in PDF
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Dunkirk pilgrimage When 30 of the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships sailed from Ramsgate for Dunkirk on May 30 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the evacuation, they were accompanied by the new 52ft Arun relief lifeboat Edith Emilie,...
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Wells, Norfolk.—About 1.30 P.M. on the 8th December, 1937, information was received from a man and from the coastguard that a ship was flying a distress signal, and the motor life-boat Royal Silver Jubilee 1910-1935 was launched at 2.50 P.M....
as a temporary measure the floor of the old building had been lowered (below) so that the lifeboat would fit inside!. - View image in PDF
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Walmer, Kent.—At 7 A.M. on the 20th September the Deal coastguard reported a vessel ashore on the sands two miles W.N.W. of East Goodwin light-vessel. She was the French trawler Louie Marguarita, of Dunkirk, with a crew of seven on board. A...
News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI Lifeboat Services 8 Rescues from around the country including Silver and Bronze Medal services Fit for the Job 14 Coswain Peter Barker tells how the work of Margate lifeboat attracts the...
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Coxswain Coyde and Mechanic Harris of Torbay Who Received Awards From The Institution For The Service To The Northwind. - View image in PDF
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On the 14th January the schooner Henry Holman, of Plymouth, was observed in a dangerous position between the Clipera Rocks and Penrhyn Point, An- glesey, while the wind was blowing a very heavy gale from W.N.W. The Holyhead life-boat was at...