FISHERMAN SIGHTS CASUALTY FROM TREE TOP Swanage, Dorset. At 4.22 on the afternoon of the 23rd of November, 1962, a fisherman reported to the honorary secretary that he had seen, from the top of a tree, a fishing vessel drifting a mile off...
CABIN CRUISER TAKEN IN TOW Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 5.58 on the evening of the 17th June, 1963, the Southend coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report that a small boat about a mile off Glenchervie, near the entrance to the...
OVERDUE BOAT FOUND AND TOWED TO SAFETY Newcastle, Co. Down. At 9.28 p.m.
on Sunday the 11th of August, 1963, the Kilkeel coastguard told the honorary secretary that a boat last seen at 8.45, four miles north of Annalong,...
Coxswain/Mechanic David Chant of St Davids became a shore helper and assistant winch man in 1962 before joining the crew in 1984. He was appointed coxswain/mechanic in 1988.
David was awarded a bronze medal this year in... - View image in PDF
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They did it. They, (I to r) Steve Huntley, Mike Ogwo, Paul Savage, Tony Jeffery, Gary Brooks, Peter Cowup and Mick Newman, ran in relays the 80 miles between Margate lifeboat station and Islington fire station. The time taken by these seven... - View image in PDF
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Situated in the medieval St. Donat's Castle, overlooking the treacherous coast between Penarth and Porthcawl, Atlantic College is a most unusual, but effective set-up - it is the only student-run RNLI station in the Britain. Rear Admiral... - View image in PDF
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Hayling Island, on the coast of East Hampshire and connected to the mainland by a road bridge, has Portsmouth to its west, Chichester Harbour to the east and the English Channel on it's southern shores.
Hayling's... - View image in PDF
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SEPT. 9TH. - MARGATE, KENT, AND SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea off Leysdown. The Margate life-boat was launched just after eleven at night in a thick fog and reached Leysdown two hours and twenty...
APRIL 15TH. - CAISTER, NORFOLK.
During the afternoon a motor fishing boat was seen to be in difficulties. A strong W. by N.
wind was blowing with a heavy ground swell.
The pulling and...