Mr. Thomas Orrell Gray, O.B.E., J.P., who had been a member of the Committee of Management since 1935, died on the 7th May, 1961. He had served on the Finance, General Pur- poses, and Establishment Committees of the Institution, became...
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Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 1.42 on theafternoon of the 26th of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the s.s. Colebrook had the sailing boat Dolores in tow and her master had asked to be relieved of the tow off Ramsey...
Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 8.17 on the morning of the 15th August, 1961, the honorary secretary received a message from the Bailey lighthouse that the Arklow lightvessel had picked up a sailing boat with five people...
The immaculate appearance of lifeboats is no accident, and reflects the pride of a lifeboat station in its boat.
However that glossy finish on the hull has to be put there in the first place, and this is another instance of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
On July 12, at the Baltic Exchange, London, His Excellency The Greek Ambassador presented nautical gallantry medals to the men who were coxswain and crew ofSt Peter Port lifeboat when, on January 4, 1979, she had, together with helicopters,... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain John Connell of Amble, Northumberland. He joined the lifeboat crew in April 1953, became bowman in February 1962, second coxswain in February 1967 and coxswain in August 1972.
He was awarded the thanks of the RNLI,... - View image in PDF
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AUGUST 16TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 12.12 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that two persons were clinging to a small sailing boat which had capsized. A moderate easterly breeze was blowing, the sea was smooth, but it was raining hard...
I saw a wreck upon the ocean flood.
How sad and desolate ! No man was there; No living thing was on it. There it stood.
Its sails all gone; its masts were standing bare ; Tossed in the wide, the...
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APRIL 11TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 5.45 P.M . the coastguard reported a ship sinking four miles S.E. at Littlehampton, and at 6.17 P.M. the motorlife-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn was launched. A fresh S.W. wind was...