On the 22nd January, 1862, the schooner Liberty, of Dublin, was observed from Howth to be in a disabled state, drifting on to a sand- bank during a strong gale from the south.
The life-boat of the Institution stationed...
Late on the aflernocn of August 8, the Needles Coastguard alerted the Search ami Rescue Flight, HMS Daedalus, that a boat was in difficulties in Totland Bay, Isle of Wight. An aircraft was scrambled to go to the scene. However, a helicopter... - View image in PDF
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Several services have been j performed this year by the valuable Life- boat on this station, the Bradford, in conjunction with her handy and ever- ready consort, tho harbour steam-tug Vulcan. Tho first was that rendered on the 7th January....
HARWICH.—On the 29th December, fires having been seen in the direction of the Platters Sand, the Life-boat Spring-well was launched, and after proceeding some distance, was taken in tow by the steamtug Liverpool. The signals were found to...
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. At 12.30 a.m. on 3rd February 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Star of Freedom of Fleetwood had struck an unidentified object fifteen miles...
JANUARY 26TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
The motor vessel Monica, of Gothenburg, had stranded, but the tide was ebbing and the crew were in no danger. - Rewards, £17 9s..
THE Chairman of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., told the annual meeting of the Institution at Central Hall, Westminster, on 25th March, 1969, that, following the serious deficit...
Category: Meetings
IT will doubtless be in the memory of many of our readers that the Report read at the last Annual Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION con- tained the important information that Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., the Chair- man of...
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The history of the Institution is now i being written, and will be published in j j the autumn of 1923. The Secretary will be most grateful to all Honorary Secre- taries, especially of Station Branches, for every assistance which they may...
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