A REMARKABLE instance of the enthu- siastic support given to the Institution by working men and women was re- counted by Mr. R. M. Burke, the Honorary Secretary of the Branch at Tuam, Co. Galway, at the Conference of Honorary Secretaries and...
Category: Donations
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—13th April.
A motor vessel had collided with the beacon on Platte Rock, but must have gone on her way, as she could not be found.—Rewards, £9 Is..
The Lizard/Cadgwith, Cornwall-At 10.23 p.m. on 26th June, 1968, the honorary secretary picked up a radio distress call, confirmed shortly afterwards by the coastguard, that the trimaran San Giorgio was in difficulties 12 miles south south...
Aldeburgh, Suffolk. At 8.23 on the morning of the 26th of July, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the yacht Scylla had been in collision with a French trawler. The yacht was moored alongside the Ship- wash...
During very thick weather on the 3rd October the steam drifter Honor, which was being employed as a mine-sweeper, ran on to the rocks and made signals for assistance. In response the Life-boat John Anthony was launched, and stood by the...
Jubilee Fix it! Last year was an important year for the Scarborough Ladies' lifeboat guild as they celebrated their Diamond Jubilee. The spring bank holiday was packed with fund raising activities including a festival of flowers held at... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fleet-Wood's 44Ft Waveney Class Lifeboat Lady of Lancashire Joins The Search For Survivors. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Yacht swept out to sea AN UNMANNED YACHT, Xephd, had broken adrift in Braye Harbour, Alderney, on the evening of Sunday May 5, 1985, and Coxswain Stephen Shaw of Alderney lifeboat, who is also the deputy harbour master, was aboard the...
Humber, Yorkshire. At 8.17 on the morning of the 30th of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a cabin cruiser appeared to have broken down east of Bull Fort but did not seem to be in immediate danger. At 8.50...
At 8 A.M. on the 10th January eleven of the fishing cobles belonging to Filey put to sea for the purpose of hauling their lines.
Although there was no wind a heavy north-easterly sea was making and when they were about to...