Mr. and Mrs. Leaver, of the Enfield branch of the R.N.L.I., taken at the Costermongers' Ball held on 25th September, 1969. The ball raised over £200 for the Institution. Mr.
Leaver is chairman of the local... - View image in PDF
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COPIES of the following circular, relative to the proper management of boats when running to the shore before a heavy broken sea, have been forwarded to the branches of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, with the view to its being...
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Stornoway, Hebrides. At 10.45 on the night of the 30th of January, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the Admiralty mooring vessel Moorpout, which intended to call at Stornoway at midnight to land a sick man, needed...
Dr Peter Davy Photograph by courtesy of George E. Gregory.. - View image in PDF
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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUN' PAYMENTS.
LIFE-BOATS:— New life-boats for the following stations: On account— Anstruther, Cromer, Ilfracombe, Kirkcudbright, Newbiggin, St. Abbs, Wells, materials for future building and...
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THE retirement of Commander T. G.
Michelmore, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., the Chief Inspector of Life-boats, takes effect from the 30th of June, 1958.
Commander Michelmore joined the Life-boat Service as a...
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New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 7.2 on the evening of the 6th of October, 1952, the Formby coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Bannrose, of Liverpool, was in distress between B.I and B.2 buoys at the bar of the River Mersey, with her...
JULY 19TH. - FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 7.50 in the evening the coastguard telephoned that a vessel fourteen miles north of Strumble Head needed help.
The motor life-boat White Star was launched at...
Escort for barge with dangerous list Holyhead's relief Tyne class Voluntary Worker was called on to stand by when the cargo aboard the 40m lifting barge Eileen Dubv E shifted in a Force 6 WNW wind and moderate to rough seas some seven...
Yacht aground WHILE A RACE FROM ABERSOCH Was being timed into Howth Harbour at about 2330 on Saturday, August 28, 1976, the yacht Sulabassana of Holyhead, a 32' Nicholson, attempted to pass inside the buoys marking the rocks off the end...