THE Hundred and First Annual General Meeting of the Governors of THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was held at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on Friday, 20th March, at 2.45 P.M., the Right Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, K.B.E., M.C., M.P...
Category: Meetings
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At eight o'clock on the morning of the 26th of May, 1957, the Needles coastguard telephoned that the yacht Overlord, of Southampton, was in difficulties eight and a half miles south-west of...
The drum has been spun and Anita Harris draws a winning ticket watched b (I to r) Barry Bright, deputy appeals secretary, Joyce Pearce of the appeals department, who keeps the record, and Anthon Oliver. appeals secretarv. The RNLI is a... - View image in PDF
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IT does not often happen that the same Life-boat goes out to the help of the same j vessel twice over within, a short time, but this has happened recently in the case of four vessels.
On 29th December of last year the,...
Category: Services
GROOMSPORT, Co. DOWN.—The Lifeboat George Pooley was launched at 9.30 A.M. on the 26th February and proceeded to the schooner Maria Farleigh, of Fowey, bound from Glasgow for Cardiff, which was in a dangerous position, embayed on a lee shore...
Mr. Michael Constable, of Bridlington, Yorkshire, who is chief engineer of the m.v. Rangitoto, has turned his hobby of lapidary—collecting stones and pebbles—into profit for the R.N.L.I. During voyages he polishes stones and pebbles to... - View image in PDF
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. . . and a lifeboat princess: seven-year-old Alison West sold 38,500 penny tickets to win the title in a competition organised by Seaton and Beer branch. Eight girls took part and achieved an amazing £568. The honorary secretary's... - View image in PDF
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On the 3rd August a S.S.W. gale was blowing, ac- companied by a heavy ground sea, and about 11.20 a telephone message was received stating that a fishing boat was outside, and unable to make the harbour. A look-out was kept, and when, some...
THE LIFE-BOAT [JUNE, i* Statement! INCOME AND EXPENDITURE— 1st Jan. to 31st Dec., 1954. 1953 £ 184,064 EXPENDITURE LIFE-BOATS:— £...
Category: Accounts