At 4.45 P.M. on the 22nd February, the barometer having suddenly dropped to 28 • 2, with a full gale of wind from west, the schooner Barbara, which was lying in Scrabster Roads, made signals of dis- tress. The crew of the Life-boat Co-...
25 November: When Broughty Ferry lifeboat was unable to locate a jet-skier who had called for help just after lunchtime, a major search and rescue operation was mounted, involving an RAF rescue helicopter and...
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ON 3rd November, 1910, the following notice appeared in the Press :— With a view to economy and to unity of effort and control, the work of collecting money for the Royal National Life-boat Insti- tution hitherto done in certain directions...
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(left) The MTU would not fit on the ferry to Arranmore and training had to be carried out on the lifeboat. Nora Flanagan is seen getting to grips with the electronics.. - View image in PDF
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The Heroic Story of the Life-boat Service A book in the series " Pride of Britain" entitled The Heroic Story of the Life-Boat Service, published by Pitkin Pictorials Ltd., tells the story of the Life-boat Service from the...
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The motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at 9.10 A.M. on the 29th December, as the sea was very rough, the weather was thick, and several fishing cobles were at sea. She went to the back of the pier and fell in with the Bertha May,...
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
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THE annual meeting of the committee of this fund was held on the 10th Jan. at the General Post Office, and was presided over by Mr. W. H. HAINES, of the House of Lords. A highly satis- factory balance-sheet was laid before the com- mittee by...
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Mr. James Bryce Allan, who had been a member of the Committee of Management since 1930, died on the 12th of May, 1960. He had served on the Construction and General Purposes Committees of the Institution.
Mr. Allan was a...
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Three walkers three lifeboatsThe difficulties of working close inshore in surf were vividly illustrated when Newhaven's Arun class lifeboat, her ' Y' boat and the Eastbourne D class were all involved in a service to save three...