On July 6 HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, visited three Scottish lifeboat stations: Invergordon and Macduff, both established in 1974, and Buckle, established in I860. At each the Duke inspected the lifeboat and met lifeboatmen,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
IT is NOW MORE than four years since the series of official RNLI commemorative covers was started. These colourful philatelic souvenirs of events in the life of the Institution were first issued in 1974 during the 150th anniversary year,...
Category: Articles
ON 8th February, 1940, the Institution received the following letter from Sir Archibald Carter, K.C.B., K.C.I.E., Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty: " I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to inform you that they...
Category: Correspondence
I stepped down as Chairman of the RNLI at the end of September – but I could not do so without taking the opportunity to thank you
As ever, you’ll find stories showing the remarkable courage and selflessness of our...
Category: Articles
HAYLE, CORNWALL.—The schooner Bonne Adele, of Isigny, France, bound to that port from Llanelly, with coal, parted her cables and drove ashore about a quarter of a mile west of Hayle Bar during a strong N. gale and heavy sea, at about 3 P.M....
AT 2.1 on the afternoon of 18th Novem- ber, 1962, the honorary secretary of the Blyth life-boat station, Captain H.
Rowe, was informed by the coastguard that a small coaster was in difficulties off Blyth Fairway buoy. Two...
Category: Services
BACTON, NORFOLK.—The Institution replaced the life-boat on this station last October, by a new boat 33 feet long, rowing 10 oars double-banked, and provided with a transporting-carriage. The old boat, while out on service, had been damaged,...
Category: Articles
Margate, Kent.—During the evening of the 23rd of July, 1948, the sister of the skipper of the local fishing vessel Providence reported that the Providence had gone out fishing early that morning and was long overdue. The coast- guard was...
FREE MkroGHde portable folding electric scooter when you purchase an UltraCllde scooter (while itocki last) With the name to trust for mobility scooters Only an UltraGlide offers you all this FREE: • 3 year guarantee • 3 years insurance...
Category: Advertisement
So many people walking up The Path in Appledore last summer stopped to enjoy the beautiful window boxes and hanging baskets of flowers in front of Peter Longridge's house that he decided to put a jar for collecting money for the RNLI in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs