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Ramsgate, Kent. At 6.35 on the morning of the 7th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a Dutch motor vessel was leaking badly half a mile east of the North Goodwin lightvessel. At 7.5 the life-boat Michael and...
Borth: Helmsman Ronald Davies Was Accorded the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum for the Rescue on August 18 of Two People Trapped By the Tide at the Fo
Borth: Helmsman Ronald Davies was accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum for the rescue on August 18 of two people trapped by the tide at the foot of cliffs. The photograph shows the area at low tide: x marks the position... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coming to our AGM and annual awards?
The RNLI AGM and annual presentation of awards will take place at The Barbican, London, on 21 May 2015. Details of the AGM will be mailed to Governor members of the RNLI, and more details about both events will feature in the next edition of...
Category: Articles
CBE for RNLI's Director
Lt Cdr Brian Miles, the Director of the RNLI, was awarded a CBE in the New Year's honours list in recognition of his service to the Institution.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 11th January, 1900.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
Mr Tom Roskrow Senior Staff Photographer Western Morning News Has Been Awarded a Prize By Ilford Ltd for His Study of the 48-Foot 6-Inch Padstow Lifeboat at the Mom
Mr. Tom Roskrow, senior staff photographer, Western Morning News, has been awarded a prize by llford Ltd. for his study of the 48-foot 6-inch Padstow lifeboat at the moment of launching. Technical details are: M.P.P. camera, 12- inch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Blue Star, Avocette 2, Islay Mist, Lady Llamedos and Amie
Breezy conditions lead to six calls in one day for Plymouth's Arun Plymouth's Arun class lifeboat City of Plymouth was kept extremely busy on 9 August 1994 when she received no less than six calls - launching first at 0048 and...
Workboat 90
Come and join WORKBOAT THE EUROPEAN TRADE EXHIBITION FOR SMALL COMMERCIAL CRAFT & EQUIPMENT The U.K.'s Small Commercial Craft Industry has expanded to a size that requires its own specialist exhibition - where commercial craft, their...
Category: Advertisement
The Angling Boat Blue Fin
Nine rescued TYNEMOUTH COASTGUARD telephoned the honorary secretary of Tynemouth lifeboat station at 1511 on Sunday April 11, 1982. to tell him that the angling boat Blue Fin appeared to be in distress south of Tyne Piers. Eleven minutes...
A New Medal for Gallantry. Bust of the Institution's Founder
Obverse.—Bust of Lieut.-Col. Sir William Hillary, Bt., Founder of the Institution, by Mr. Allan G. Wyon, F.R.B.S. Double Legend: "Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded 1824.
Sir William Hillary, Bt." "... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs