There have been bonds between the police in Wolverhampton and the RNLI since 1863 when Captain Henry Segrave, the Chief Constable of Wolverhampton, was elected honorary secretary of the newly-formed Wolverhampton branch, and over the years...
Category: Donations
.—During a heavy gale from the N.E. on the same day the brig Mary Young, of West Hartle- pool, grounded on the North Gare Sand- bank at the entrance of the Tees, a mile and a half south of Seaton Carew. The Charlotte life-boat at the latter...
By A DE LABORDETTE, Surgeon to the Hospital of Laisieux, Knight of the Legion of Honour.
THE laryngoscope has been the subject of a favourable report made to the Imperial Academy of Medicine by Professor...
Category: Articles
WE have much pleasure in extracting from the French Life-boat Journal the following interesting account of services performed by the life-boats of the " Societe Centrale de Sauvetage des Naufrages," during the first quarter of the...
Category: Services
the ON the 20th October, an interesting ceremony took place at the Sailors' Home, Holyhead, when the presentation of a Silver Medal and a reward in money, which had been voted by the Norwegian Government, was made to the coxswain and...
Category: Awards
ON 16th July the King reviewed the fleet at Spithead, as part of the cele- brations of his Silver Jubilee. The motor life-boats from Yarmouth and Bembridge, in the Isle of Wight, were on duty throughout the day, under the command of the...
Category: Articles
After cracking their way through l'/2 inches of ice, members of the Dolphin Sub Aqua Club in Cirencester took part in a sponsored dive at South Cerney Lakes on Boxing Day in 1981. Eight divers took part and as a result £202.50 was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
There was a constant stream of visitors to see Mountbatten of Burma, the prototype RNLI Medina 35 lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Hole 13 Inches By 7 Inches on the Starboard Side. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
From deck of 70-001 as, shortly after dawn on February 6, she and St. Pierre approached race off north of Lundy: wind, force 10 to 11, tide setting about 4 knots against wind. As 70-001 begins descent down front of wave, tow line, almost bar... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs