Brighton's relief Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat on exercise off Brighton Marina. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Crew Member Alan J. Young. - View image in PDF
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On the 19th Oct., during one of the worst gales experienced on this coast for years, the steam-whaler Diana, of Hull, was observed stranded on the Slate Run. The wind was blowing a perfect hurricane from the north at the time. The life-boat...
DURING the severe storms last December six Life-boat men lost their lives while on service. Five of them were members of the crew of the Life-boat at Rhoscolyn, in Anglesey, and the sixth belonged to the Boat at Johnshaven, in...
NOVEMBER 23RD. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT.
At 1.15 P.M. the Portpatrick coastguard reported that fire and smoke had been seen some miles S.S.W. of Ravenshall Point, and fifteen minutes later the Isle of Whithorn coastguard reported...
HELMSMAN A. Thirlby and his crew, Mr. P. Pemberthy and Mr. R. Hacking, of the St. Ives IRB, have been awarded a framed letter of thanks, signed by the Chairman of the Institution, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., for their...
Category: Services
At 6.50 A.M. on the 1st January a message was received at the Coast-guard Signal Station from the captain of the s.s. Pinna, of London, to the effect that he was in distress and required immediate assist- ance. The vessel was drifting before...
The s.s. Mahratta, of Liverpool, a large steamer of 5,698 tons register, stranded on the Goodwin Sands on the 9th April, whilst bound from Calcutta to London with passengers and cargo. The weather was fine at the time. In response to signals...
BY the death last Christmas of Briga- dier-General Noel M. Lake, C.B., late of the Royal Engineers, at the age of 82, the Institution has lost a friend who for ten years gave it devoted service as a member of the Committee of Management....
Category: Obituaries
Garry Windehunk—you can only see his legs—is not only supporting a world record number of 76 lyres tit a garage in Ramsey, his weightlifting feat is also supporting the Mountbatten of Burma lifeboat appeal to the tune of £500 in... - View image in PDF
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The Whitby lite-boat Mary Ann Hepworth, a 41-foot Watson, heading into a moderate sea.. - View image in PDF
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