— At 10.45 A.M. on the 8th December the coastguard reported that a vessel which was anchored in the roads was flying a signal for assistance. A strong gale was blowing and a very heavy sea running. The Life-boat Robert Theo- philus Garden...
Launch into south-westerly strong gale, force 9, Sunday March 22: Three progressive photographs of Eastbourne lifeboat, the 37ft 6in Rather Duke of Kent, taken by 16-yearold Matthew Hancock as (left) she launched down her slipway into... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
On the 2nd Feb.
this Life-boat, the Covent Garden, was launched five times, with a succession of fresh crews, and ultimately succeeded in saving 13 lives from the schooners Ram- Wer, of Wexford, and Mary Ann, of Ply- mouth...
AT 6.15 on the morning of the 27th of October, 1959, the honorary secretary of the Mallaig, Inverness-shire, life- boat station, Mr. R. Watt, was told by the coastguard that a German ship was ashore on the island of Rhum fourteen miles away....
Category: Services
NOVEMBER 6TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 7.17 in the morning a message came from the Walmer coastguard that a large steamer was aground on the Goodwin Sands. The lifeboat crew were asked to stand by. This they did all day. At 7.12 in the evening the...
Pass them on...
The letters regarding 'passing on' THE LIFEBOAT interested me as I too have done this for a number of years, taking the journal to our local doctors' surgery and, more recently, sending them on a...
Category: Correspondence
IT will be in the memory of our readers that the Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION issued a special appeal last year for funds and increased permanent support. They pointed out that, while each year the efficiency of...
Category: Articles
Words: Anna Burn. Photos: English Martyrs School/Steve Hope, RNLI/(Tom Collins, Dave Kneen, Nigel Millard), Rossall School, Chris Smith, Sophie Whitehouse
Welcome to your community news for the north of England and the...
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Welcome to Sir Jock The RNLI has a new Chairman following the retirement of Peter Nicholson CBECommenting on the Trustee Committee's appointment of Admiral Sir Jock Slater CCB LVO DL in July, RNU Chief Executive Andrew Freemantle said:...
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AT 8.30, in the evening of 21st November, 1927, the Motor Life-boat at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston was launched in response to a wireless message received from s.s. Trent that help was urgently required to save the lives of the crew of the...