A Twelve Hours' Service in a Whole Gale.
AT 8.25 in the evening of 13th January a wireless message was received by the Coastguard at Portpatrick, Wigtown- shire, that a vessel was showing signals of distress off the...
Category: Services
By the death of Mrs. Finch of Chelms- ford, on 15th August, the Institution has lost an honorary worker whose devotion to the life-boat service was shown by her refusal to give up her work for it, even when disabled by serious illness. Mrs....
Category: Obituaries
TEN new motor life-boats were named during 1951. Seven were on the Eng- lish coast, at New Brighton (Liverpool), Margate, Scarborough, Lytham, Culler- coats, Newbiggin and Redcar; two on the Scottish coast, at Arbroath and Anstruther; and...
Category: Inaugurations
THURSDAY, llth June, 1896.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the pre- vious meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Patrick Sliney, of Ballycotton, Cork.
He served as second coxswain from 1911 until 1922, and since 1922 he has been coxswain, so that he has been an officer of the life-boat for...
Category: Articles
To WILLIAM G. SANDERS, on his retirement, after serving for 36J years as Coxswain of the Torbay Life-boat, a Coxswain's Certi- ficate of Service, and a Pension.
To THOMAS HAYES, on his retirement, after serving for 19 J...
Category: Awards
diesel engines the choice of the R.N.LI discriminating users everywhere Caterpillar-built marine diesels have proved their reliability and operating economy all over the world. Now. for the most critical applications and gruelling...
Category: Advertisement
Arbroath, Angus.—At midday on the 17th December a S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain. The local fishing boats Sceptre, Our Boys, Golden Rule, Breadwinner and Helen Cargill were expected in, and as the harbour bar was very...
JULY 12TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
Aircraft had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found and no one could have lived in the rough sea. - Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...