On the 17th January, the schooner Bellona, of Eed Bay, was driven ashore in a heavy gale off the bar of Dtmdrum, and almost immediately be- came a total wreck. Owing to the thickness of the weather and darkness of the morning, she was not...
AT 8.30, in the evening of 21st November, 1927, the Motor Life-boat at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston was launched in response to a wireless message received from s.s. Trent that help was urgently required to save the lives of the crew of the...
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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Jan. 1,1861.—The brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham, was wrecked on the "Whitley Sands, Northumberland, during a strong gale, with a heavy sea and showers of snow and sleet. .The Cullercoats life-boat of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was...
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medals are more difficult to earn, and hence few are more highly appreciated, than the Medal of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. It may indeed well be regarded as the Victoria Cross of the sea service, although it differs from that...
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Frank Kilroy, honorary secretary of Lytham St Annes lifeboat station, goes Round the houses with Sir Charles Macara, who instigated Lifeboat Saturdays in 1891 One hundred years ago this year an event was held which changed the face of...
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Soon after the life-boat returned to her station, the S.S. Queen, of Dundee, re- ported a wreck on the Abertay Sands. A fresh crew was mustered, and the life-boat at once proceeded again, in tow of the Queen, some distance down the river,...
Walmer, Kent - At 4.15 p.m. on 24th June, 1967, a cabin cruiser was seen in a dangerous position four and a half miles from the South Goodwin lightvessel. This area, where there are many wrecks, is known to dry out at low water. The lifeboat...
A harbour fete at the little Northumbrian coastal village of Craster last July raised £.1,531 for the lifeboat service. It was opened with charm and wit by Joyce Grenfell who also sang snatches of her songs, everyone joining in... - View image in PDF
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Main attraction on the R.N.L.I. stand at this year's International Boat Show at Earls Court, London, on 3-13 January was the new McLachlan boat (18-02) which is foreseen as a high speed rescue craft and also for taking crews from the... - View image in PDF
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