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A Steamer (34)
SEPTEMBER 16TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO.
DOWN. News had been received of a steamer sinking, and a later message said that she had sunk, but nothing was found, and a patrol vessel nearby was believed to have rescued the crew. -...
Ferry Exercise:
Ferry exercise: three lifeboat stations, Sheerness, Margate and Ramsgate, with helicopters from RAF Mansion took part in an exercise to evacuate a cross-Channel ferry on January 13 (right). The Sally Line ferry, made specially available by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sailing in memory
Friends of Andrew Bridge, the 21-year-old skipper of the lost yacht Cheeki Rafiki, set sail in his memory in August to raise money for the RNLI.
The trio took part in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Despite...
Category: Articles
List of Successes In the Essay Competition
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Category: Articles
March 4th, 1824: March 4th, 1924
THE Institution was founded on 4th March, 1824, " at a Public Meeting of Noblemen, Gentlemen, Merchants, and others, held at the City of London Tavern, His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Chair." Such is the brief record...
Category: Articles
A weighty endeavour
When cargo ship Red Duchess’s engines failed in severe gales her crew were helpless to stop her drifting towards the rocky shore of the Isle of Rum …
Tuesday 2 November 2010 was what’s known...
Category: Articles
Chayka of Ardgour
South Eastern Division Storm-disabled sloop THE DUTY OFFICER at the Needles Coastguard saw a red distress flare to westward, estimated two to three miles distant, at 0108 on Sunday, September 14, 1975. The honorary secretary of Yarmouth,...
Past and Present
100 years ago One hundred years ago THE LIFEBOAT was also looking back - another 50 years to what it termed: A Noteworthy Jubilee from THE LIFEBOAT of 1893 Fifty years ago, Le. on the 20th October, 1842 there was laid to rest in her early...
Category: Articles