THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 101 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 86 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to June 23rd, 1931 - 62,610 Sir George Shee.
His Majesty the...
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The Royal National Life-boat Institution's award for what was, in the Institution's judgment, the best factual account of a service by a life-boat to appear in a newspaper in 1965 has been made to Air. T. G. Barker of the Whitby...
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Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 2.33 on the afternoon of the 19th of June, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht was flying a distress signal a quarter of a mile south-west of Clacton pier. The life- boat Sir...
New Brighton, Cheshire 9th January.
A flare had been reported, but nothing could be found. The steamer which had shown the flare sank, with the loss of five of her crew of six, immediately after making the signal.— Rewards,...
NOVEMBER 8TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
The life-boat crew were standing by at the life-boat house during an air-raid alert, and saw a tug blow up. They launched at once, but found nothing but wreckage. - Rewards, £7...
JULY 27TH. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
A minesweeper had gone ashore on the rocks in Moelfre Bay, but her crew were rescued by the coastguard life-saving apparatus.- Rewards, £5 16s. 6d..
Walmer, Kent - At 7.33 p.m. on 23rd July, 1968, two IRB crew members saw a sculler belonging to the Deal rowing club capsize just north of the pier. Another club member swam out to him, but the sculler was driven rapidly towards the pier and...
MFV Ashore A MOTOR FISHING VESSEL ashore on the south side of the Conwy approach channel was reported to a deputy launching authority of Conwy inshore lifeboat station by Penmon Coastguard at 0752 on Thursday, April 14. Maroons were fired...
Angle, Pembrokeshire.—23rd October, 1938. A steamer with defective steering- gear had run aground in Jack Sound, but her crew were landed by small boat from the shore.—Rewards, £15 17s. 6d..
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—10th March, 1939. A barge had sunk, but her crew had already been saved when the lifeboat arrived.—Rewards, £16 19*..