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May Fly

Date: March 1960

Volume: 35

Issue: 391

Ramsgate, Kent. At 3.28 on the afternoon of the 12th of October, 1959, the east pier watchman told the honorary secretary that a yacht was unable to make Ramsgate harbour and was dragging her anchor and in danger of going ashore. Six minutes...

Lady B.

Date: December 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 418

At 4.24 p.m. on I2th August, 1966, a yacht was reported to have capsized about a mile and a half off Frinton-on-Sea. There was a moderate south westerly breeze with a corresponding sea. It was two hours after low water. The life-boat Edian...

The Life-Boat House

Date: May 1878

Volume: 10

Issue: 108

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...

Category: Articles

The Life-Boat House

Date: May 1880

Volume: 11

Issue: 116

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept In roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...

Category: Articles

The Life-Boat Station

Date: May 1906

Volume: 19

Issue: 220

THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 282 Life-boat Stations...

Category: Articles

A Strange Gift

Date: September 1934

Volume: 29

Issue: 319

THE Institution has received the anonymous gift of the caul of a baby born in 1832. The donor sent it under- standing that " sailors prize cauls, as they are supposed to provide immunity from drowning." The caul has been given to...

Category: Donations

The Life-Boat Station

Date: May 1901

Volume: 18

Issue: 200

THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 286 Life-boat Stations...

Category: Articles

Opinion: What the Public and Press Say...

Date: January 1971

Volume: 42

Issue: 434

THE R.N.L.I., as a result of the Fraserburgh inquiry, has been widely discussed in the press and debated on television. Many letters have been received at headquarters, including a large number following the Public Relation Officer's...

Category: Articles

Notes of the Quarter By Patrick Howarth

Date: Spring 1977

Volume: 45

Issue: 460

FOR THE FIRST TIME for ten years and only the sixth time since the end of World War II 32 years ago the RNLI's gold medal for gallantry has been awarded.

The service which earned Keith Bower of Torbay this...

Category: Articles

Efficient Aid of Coast Guard

Date: March 1852

Volume: 01

Issue: 01

In looking over the list of wrecks, no one can fail to be struck at the prominent position occupied by the officers and men of the Coast-Guard Service on all such occasions.

The records of the National Shipwreck Insti-...

Category: Articles