THE EARL PERCY M.P., IN THE CHAIR.
1.—Moved by the CHAIRMAN :— 1.—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the Officers of the Institution for the current year :—(vide next page for this list.) 2.—Moved by GEORGE LYALL...
Category: Meetings
Alderney Lifeboat and Sea Victor Outside St Peter Port Photograph By Courtesy of Peter Leadbetter. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A lifeboat cake made by Mrs Ann Griffin of the West Bromwich and Wednesbury branch was the star attraction at the dinner and dance held by the branch at the Gala Suite, West Bromwich. Weighing 25lb the bottom layer, which represented the sea... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Thank you to everyone who organised and supported SOS events around the UK and RoI on 30 January. SOS day is the RNLI’s biggest fundraising day, and this year’s event was well supported in schools, companies and clubs, and RNLI fundraising...
Category: Articles
Wick, Caithness-shire. At 9.50 on the night of the 18th of January, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel was ashore in Sinclair Bay. At 10.15 the life-boat City of Edinburgh was launched in a moderate...
THREE FISHING VESSELS ESCORTED OVER BAR Whitby, Yorkshire. At 12.48 on the afternoon of the 12th December, 1962, the coxswain telephoned the honorary secretary to report that three local fishing vessels were still at sea although the weather...
On the 30th September, the brigantine Sybil, of Yarmouth, was run into by another vessel, whi/st riding at anchor during a gate of wind in Scarborough Roads, and seriously damaged. The crew made signals of dis- tress and a coble went off;...
3rd September.
Searched for a coble reported to be overdue, but which was in harbour.
—Rewards, £5 15s. Qd..
JANUARY 3RD. - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE.
A Barracuda aeroplane had been reported in the sea after striking the target ship, but no survivors could be found.- Rewards, £17 14s..
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands - At noon on 3ist October, 1966, a seaman aboard the freighter Akbar Jayanti, of Bombay, required medical attention, as a cockroach had crawled into his ear, causing severe earache. The life-boat Guy and Clare...