AUGUST 9TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
At 9.15 in the evening the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore on the south end of Stroma. An easterly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Thomas...
NOVEMBER 22ND. - ARRANMORE, CO. DONEGAL. At 12.15 in the morning the lookout post reported flares to the north of the island. A strong southerly gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The motor life-boat B.A.S.P., on temporary duty at the...
DEC. 2 0TH. - BLYTH, AND TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND. At about 3 P.M. information was received through the coastguard that a steamer had been blown up about two miles south of Blyth. A light E.N.E. wind was blowing, with a slight sea.
Supporters donated generously for her construction, volunteers gave their time to trial her, and the RNLI’s project team worked day and night. Now a new class of all-weather lifeboat has become a reality after the first Shannon entered the...
Category: Articles
THE Annual Meeting was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 26th of April, 1950, with Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Committee of Management, in the chair.
H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, Presi- dent of the...
Category: Meetings
Friday, 27th August, 1937.
PAID £13,874 lls. 7d. for the total charges of the Institution during the month, in- cluding rewards for services, payments for the construction of life-boats, life-boathouses and slipways,...
Category: Committee
KEEPER UNCONSCIOUS St. Marys, Scilly Isles. At 8.45 p.m.
on 9th March, 1965, the honorary secretary was informed by Lands End radio that a keeper on Round Island Lighthouse had been found unconscious. The honorary secretary...
IN MEMORY OF ROBERT THEOPHILUS GARDEN, ESQ., OP RIVER LYONS, PHTLIPSTOWN, KING'S COUNTY, IRELAND.
DIED 10TH OCTOBER, 1862, AGED 73 YEARS.
" Him that cometh (o Me I will in no wise cast out."...
Category: Obituaries
NOVEMBER 12TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. The S.S. Eaglescliffe Hall, of Montreal, had been reported drifting, and the life-boat put out twice, but she could not find her. The news came through later that the crew had been rescued by...
Appledore, and Clovelly, Devon.—-During the afternoon of the 7th August, 1937, signals were seen coming from a small motor yacht oft Westward Ho, A moderate N.N. W. breeze was blowing, with a smooth to moderate sea. The Appledore motor...