AT 12.55 on the afternoon of the 8th of January, 1956, the Spurn Point coast- guard rang up the Humber life-boat station to say that the motor vessel Stevonia, of Goole, had wirelessed that her cargo had shifted and that she had a heavy list...
Category: Services
One fundraiser’s epic trek
After 3 years, 9,500 miles and 7 pairs of boots, fundraiser Alex-Ellis Roswell has completed his walk around the coasts of Britain and Ireland – calling in at every lifeboat station along the way. He...
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Burry Port crew member Ryan Griffiths (right) had a hard time convincing fellow crew member Jeremy Williams that they had shared the workload equally after the crew had taken part in a low-water exercise along the very muddy Welsh coast. {In... - View image in PDF
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The barque Maxima, of Swansea, bound from Cardiff to Valparaiso with a cargo of coal, showed a signal of distress at 7.45 P.M. on the 21st February during a gale from the S.W. and a rough sea. The No. 2 Life-boat went to her assistance, and...
Horrific conditions for two lifeboats Clogher Head and Newcastle 's Mersey class lifeboats were launched in winds of Storm Force 10 to Hurricane Force 12 on 3 February 1994 when an 80ft trawler reported that she was taking water and...
H.M. Mine Sweeper • stranded on the Scroby Sands during a strong southerly gale on the 28th October. She made signals of distress, and in response the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane was launched. While endeavouring to get near...
FOUR life-boats were named in Ireland in August and September, 1950, at Donaghadee, Clogher Head, Baltimore and Arranmore.
Donaghadee The new Donaghadee life-boat has been built out of a gift from Lady Kelly, of...
Category: Inaugurations
THE two members of the crew of the Easmey, Hampshire, inshore rescue boat, Helmsman Robert Faro and Roy Richards, have each been accorded the thanks of the R.N.L.I. inscribed on vellum for rescuing two people from a speedboat which capsized...
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Clovelly, and Appledore, Devon.-—-At 1.35 in the afternoon of the 27th of December, 1948, the Hartland coast- guard reported to Clovelly that the motor vessel Lerina, of Bideford, which takes supplies to Lundy Island, had dragged her anchors...
Clovelly, and Appledore, Devon.-—-At 1.35 in the afternoon of the 27th of December, 1948, the Hartland coast- guard reported to Clovelly that the motor vessel Lerina, of Bideford, which takes supplies to Lundy Island, had dragged her anchors...