About 10 P.M. on the 15th January, the Coast- guard watchman reported that a steamer was blowing her whistle apparently close to the shore. The weather was thick at the time and nothing could be seen, but on the fog lifting a little a...
Ramsgate, Kent.—At about 4.45 A.M.
on the 26th November, 1938, the coastguard reported that a vessel about a mile N.E. of the Brake Light-vessel was burning flares. A S.S.W. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The reserve...
A memorial to the crew of the Longhope, Orkney, life-boat who lost their lives on the night of 17th March, 1969, when their boat capsized in severe weather conditions, was unveiled in Osmondwall cemetery by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother... - View image in PDF
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Towing a stricken boat to the safety of port might seem routine but, in often gruelling conditions, it takes great skill and smart decision making. So what’s involved in a tow?
First, the crew must decide whether or not they need...
Category: Articles
Arbroath, Angus. — At 11.30 P.M.
on the 16th November, 1938, the police reported that the lighthouse tender Pharos was to land a sick lightkeeper from the Bell Rock. A strong W.S.W. wind was blowing, and the sea was too...
FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse—Bust of His Majesty KING EDWARD VII. Double Legend : " Royal National Life-boat Institution.
Founded in 1824. Incorporated 1860. King Edward VII....
Category: Medals
Mr. James Hall, M.B., B.S., F.R C.S., who went out four times in the Walmer life-boat in forty hours to the help of sick seamen. In the first six months of the war, he went out to sick seamen more than eighty times, eight of them in the life... - View image in PDF
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JESU bless oar slender boat, By the torrent swept along; Loud its threatening—let them not Drown the music of a song Breathed Thy mercy to implore, Where these troubled waters roar! Guide our bark among the waves; Through the surf our...
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Reported to the February, March and April Meetings of the Committee of Management.
February Meeting.
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.—On the afternoon of the 8th January, the Avonmouth haven master...
Category: Services
Jan. 8.—Voted the thanks of the Insti- tution, inscribed on vellum and framed, together with the sum of 21. each, to JAMES HEARNE and three other boatmen for gallantly putting off in a boat and rescuing the crew of four persons from the...
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