THE month of February was marked by three fine services, two in the north of Scotland and the other in the south of England. One was performed by the Pulling and Sailing Life-boat at Thurso, the others by new Motor Life-boats of the Barnett...
Category: Services
On the 3rd December the Foreland coastguards telephoned to the honorary secretary that they were watching a steamer which was trying to tow a smaller motor vessel into Spithead. The tow- rope had parted twice. Later they tele- phoned again,...
OWING to the fact that the present Head- quarters at Life-boat House, Charing Cross Road, have for some years been too small for the staff required to deal with the constant expansion of the Institution's activities, the Committee of...
Category: Articles
THIS story of a gift of twenty-five shillings cannot be better told than in the letter which came with it: "Dear Secretary of the Life-boat Organisation, "I enclose a £l 5s. p.o. for the life- boat. The wray in...
Category: Donations
Open boat swamped TYNE COASTGUARD reported to the honorary secretary of Sunderland lifeboat station at 1659 on Saturday September 10, 1983, that a small boat was in difficulties a quarter of a mile inside the south pier. It was a squally...
Launching the new superthermal Jammer Jacket the sale of which will benefit the RNLI This high quality garment is made from three separate materials chosen for their individual high qualities and laminated by thermal fusion to give...
Category: Advertisement
Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 15th of March, 1960, a message was received from Tory Island lighthouse that the relief boat Fair Isle, which had left Bunbeg at 8.30, had not arrived. The life-boat W. M. Tilson put...
BY the death of Miss Letitia French, of Palling, Suffolk, on 6th April, the Institution has lost a most valued helper and one who had the distinction of having been, for a number of years, the only woman Honorary Secretary of a Station. Miss...
Category: Obituaries
BARGE TOWED CLEAR Wells, Norfolk. At 9.10 a.m. on 9th February, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor barge Una had grounded on the west side of Blakeney harbour. There was a light north-westerly breeze with a...
Below. Chartwork in the early hours of Saturday morning, roughly half-way between Portland and Brixham. Practice is bringing our theory to life as Dl John Unwin (left) and crew member Tommy Bassett check our position and course to steer..<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs