In the month of March the Whitburn life-boat was launched to the assistance of the crews of three fish- ing cobles, each with 3 men on board, which were caught in a strong easterly wind, a high surf running on the beach at the time.
Cruise liner in crisis Six lifeboats launched on 6 May 2006 to the help of The Calypso (pictured). The 135m liner and 708 passengers were 15 miles south of Beachy Head, East Sussex, when fire broke out. Tyne classes MaxAitken III from...
The following coxswains and members of life-boat crews have been awarded certificates of service, and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations have been awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance and a...
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At 10.15 A.M.
on the 1st December the coastguard at Ballycastle reported that the s.s. Apine, of Glasgow, a collier, bound empty from Londonderry to Glasgow, was dragging her anchors and drifting towards the reefs at...
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Dungeness, and Dover, Kent; and Hastings, Sussex.—At four o'clock on the morning of the 16th of November, 1953, the Lade coastguard telephoned the Dungeness life-boat station that the S.S. Perou, of Havre, had reported that she had been...
Collision Aftermath The collision between the cruise liner Norwegian Dream and the container vessel Ever Decent off the coast of Kent in the early hours of Tuesday 24 August 1999 comes as a sharp reminder of how important it is to be...
Now replaced by a Motor Life-boat after 24 years' service, on her road-journey of over 250 miles from her Station to the Reserve Fleet at the Institution's Storeyard in London.. - View image in PDF
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A CINEMA which had helped the In- stitution by showing one of its films asked in return if the Institution could lend it a flag with skull and crossbones.
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Bridlington, Yorkshire - At 8.49 p.m.
on 16th December, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that, following an explosion aboard her, the collier Thomas Goulden of London was making for Bridlington with a...