SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.—The Herbert Ingram Life-boat was launched at 8.30 A.M.
on the 7th of February, and rendered assistance to the schooner John Lee, of and for Blakeney, from Shields, with a cargo of oilcake, which had...
LYDD, DUNGENESS.—At 2 A.M. on the 18th May, the Russian barque Ilmatar got ashore off Dungeness, during a fresh gale at E.N.E., a heavy sea running. The Lifeboats Lifeboats on this part of the coast are mainly dependent on the coastguardmen...
SEAHAM, DURHAM.—Towards midnight on the 31st Deo., 1898, signals of distress at sea were observed off this place, and when the New Year broke, the Life-boat SJcynner was on her way to render help to the vessel which had displayed them. The...
Earlier this year the Louth branch of the Vintners Federation of Ireland broke all records by raising £6,100 for the Clougher Head lifeboat at its annual ball.
The money was collected through a raffle and auction,... - View image in PDF
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AT the end of 1949, Mr. A. C. Butcher, M.I.Mech.E., M.I.Mar.E., the superin- tendent engineer, retired from the Institution on reaching the retiring age.
He had then been with it for over twenty-eight years. He joined its...
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THE Institution is very anxious to form or develop Branches in the following places in Ireland and Wales, and would be very grateful to any readers of The Lifeboat who could help it to do this, either personally or by putting it in touch...
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By VICE-ADMIRAL Fitz-Roy, F.R.S.
AFTER an unusual continuance of stormy weather—remarkable even in the equinoctial period of our zone—it may interest some of the readers of the Life-boat Journal to hear a few of the...
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COXSWAIN JOHN Fox and the young crew of the Shoreham life-boat 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 the rescue of two people from a...
Category: Services
Arun tows yacht for 34 miles against NE gale Newhaven's Arun class Keith Anderson was involved in a long and arduous service on 4 April 1988 when she was at sea for nearly six-and-a-half hours in a NE gale, picking up her casualty and...