THE following letter has been forwarded to the Committee of this Institution, to which, considering the great importance of the subject, and the apparent feasibility of the proposition, we give insertion, as we fully concur in Mr....
Category: Correspondence
MONTROSE.—At about 9 A.M. on the 13th April the wind commenced to blow from S.S.E., and the sea rose quickly, the coxswains of the Life-boats were therefore on the watch during the day in case there should be any call for their services.<...
FLEETWOOD.—It was reported that a steamer was ashore on Sunderland Bank, at 6.30 P.M., on the 27th January, during a gale of wind from the N.W. and a heavy sea. The Life-boat, Child of Hale, proceeded as soon as possible to the vessel in tow...
SINCE the last number of The Life-boat appeared there have died Mr. R. O.
Hill, for many years honorary secretary at the stations of Drogheda (now closed) and Clogher Head ; Captain Thomas McCombie, of Dublin, a gold and...
Category: Obituaries
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At 7.50 A.M.
on the 17th March, 1939, the life-boat coxswain noticed that the local motor fishing boat Hyperion, which was making for harbour, did not dare attempt to get in. A strong N.E. gale was...
Cullercoats, Northumberland. At o.30 on the evening of the 27th April, 1961, the life-boat Isaac and Mary Bolton was launched on exercise in a light north- easterly breeze with a slight sea and fog.
Half-a-mile from the...
Aberaeron branch begin training their helpers at a young age. During the local yacht club's regatta day (I to r) Menna Williams, 7 years, Emma Jones, 11 and Daryl Shute, 10, helped behind the souvenir stall which sold £88 of goods... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
DECEMBER 30TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. The sound of a horn and shouts for help were heard at eight in the evening, and the life-boat put out at once. She saw a ship’s life-boat with seven men on board, but before she...
APRIL 19TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
Early in the morning five fishing boats left to lift their crab pots. A N.E. wind of gale force got up with a rough sea and heavy rain, and two of the boats returned. As the weather grew...
MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.—The Life-boat Star of Hope, was launched at 11.15 A.M.
on the 27th January, in a strong gale from the S.W. and a heavy sea, to the assistance of the .brigantine Warree, of and from Dundalk for Liverpool,...