On the night of the 12th December, during a gale of wind from S.S.W., the lugger William and Mary, of Yarmouth, was driven upon the Barnard Sand, between Lowestoft and Kessingland.
At daylight, as soon as the perilous...
(Left to right: Mr. T. W. Gomm, Honorary Secretary; Mrs. Gomm; the Mayor of Deal; the Town Clerk of Deal.). - View image in PDF
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HRH The Duchess of Kent Presents The Bronze Medal For Gallantry To Coxswain Douglas Kirkaldie of Ramsgate. - View image in PDF
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Demonstrations of lifeboat I helicopter co-ordination exercises were part of the programme . . . the RAF visit Pelworlh spectacular.. - View image in PDF
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Stormy Stan drums up interest for the Lifeboats of the Clyde appeal with a tempting supply of biscuits. - View image in PDF
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The schooner Venus, of Preston, whilst entering the port on the 20th October, late on the tide, during a strong westerly wind, struck on the Horse Bank, on which a good deal of sea was then running. The Life-boat Wakefield was then taken out...
Saved 21 GALWAY BAY LIFEBOAT, the 48ft 6in Solent R. Hope Roberts slipped her moorings at 0715 on Sunday, November 9, 1986, after the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Shannon had alerted the station honorary secretary to the plight of...
A similar service was performed by this boat on the 18th August, when the fishing smack Dawn of Grimsby, which had gone ashore in a bad sea, but fine weather, was also got afloat by having assistance, which, from the heavy surf, could not...
Life-Boat Collecting In The Streets of Leicester. - View image in PDF
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The Prince of Wales and Mrs Polly Donkin. - View image in PDF
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