North Sunderland, and Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 10.10 on the morning of the 15th of February, 1951, several local fishing boats were seen in difficulties making for North Sun- derland harbour in a heavy swell and a light easterly...
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 1.25 in the morning of the 15th of August, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the pilot cutter Penlee had reported that she had picked up the crew of four- teen of the S.S. Rojo, of Oslo, which had...
Peter Heading (left), helmsman of Aberystwyth station's C class inshore lifeboat, joined the crew in 1982.
In 1991, he was awarded a Bronze Medal in recognition of the courage and skill he displayed during a service on... - View image in PDF
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DECEMBER 10TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET, AND BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.
About ten at night the coastguard reported to the Swanage life-boat station that a steamer was ashore off Egmont Point, west of St. Albans Head. The motor life...
Saturday September 29, 1984 ON A BRIGHT, early autumn day, one of the RNLI's newest lifeboats lay afloat, bedecked and sparkling, awaiting her naming ceremony. An ordinary enough scene for those familiar with such occasions but this...
Category: Inaugurations
Humber, Yorkshire. At 9.20 on the morning of the 5th May, 1961, the Humber Conservancy told the cox- swain that a man in the Bull lightvessel had been injured and asked if the life- boat would land him because the weather was too bad for the...
Broken mast A RED BAY CREW MEMBER, N. Murray, saw from his home a sailing dinghy in trouble on Saturday, June 12. He informed the deputy launching authority and the call out was signalled at 1915.
The ILB launched three...
Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 1.5 p.m. on 25th October, 1965, the Inspector for Irish Lights informed the honorary secretary that a carpenter on Skelligs Rock lighthouse required immediate medical attention. The life-boat Rowland Watts proceeded...
OCT. 22ND. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.
Information had been received through the coastguard from the senior naval officer atNewcastle that there had been a collision off Marske, one of the vessels being H.M. Destroyer Javelin. The...
On January 25 (I. to r.), Major-General Ralph Farrant, Chairman of the Committee of Management, received on behalf of the Institution from Mr Stavros C. Roussos, the Greek Ambassador, a gold medal and certificate to commemorate the 150th... - View image in PDF
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