During a strong easterly gale on 23rd November a signal of distress was observed on the barge Amy, of London, which was dragging her anchor off Hythe. The Life-boat Meyer de Rothschild was launched with considerable difficulty, owing to the...
Rescue from the Rocks RED FLARES sighted in a position one and a half miles south east of St Helier, Jersey, were reported to the deputy launching authority of the St Helier Station by a member of the public at8.30 p.m. on Tuesday, September...
LYBSTER, CAITHNESS-SHIRE. At 10 o’clock in the morning of the 4th of December, 1945, three men in the motor fishing boat Seaflower, of Wick, had completed hauling their lobster creels, when their boat shipped a sea which stopped the engine....
Category: Services
As we closed for press the life-boat 44-002 John F. Kennedy, the first of the Institution's fleet of six 44-ft. steel life-boats, was undergoing trials at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Here she is shown during capsizing and self-righting tests at... - View image in PDF
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To HENRY G. BLOGG, G.C., B.E.M., on hig retirement, after serving for thirty-seven and three-quarter years as coxswain and seven and a quarter years as second coxswain of the Cromer life-boats, a coxswain's certificate of service and an...
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JANUARY 18TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At 6.52 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that the Belgian steamer Meuse was aground near the Haisboro’ Sands.
A W.N.W. wind was blowing with a moderate sea...
While Paul Squire, singer and comedian, was appearing in Bridlington for last summer's season, he helped to raise money for the RNLI time and time again—nothing was too much trouble. So, when the time came for him to leave. Coxswain Fred... - View image in PDF
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The four-masted barque Lisbeth of Hamburg, whilst sailing into the Downs on the 17th January took the ground off Walmer Castle. The Coastguard having warned the Coxswain of the Life-boat Civil Service No. 4, the boat was launched and...
The Whitby lite-boat Mary Ann Hepworth, a 41-foot Watson, heading into a moderate sea.. - View image in PDF
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Lerwick's first lifeboat, the 51ft Barnett Lady Jane and Martha Ryland, leaving harbour in rough weather.. - View image in PDF
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