.—A gale sprang up on the morning of the 26th November, from the S.S.W., and later backed to the southward, and increased in force. Two small cobles were seen making for the harbour, and a larger coble went off and assisted them into safety....
Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 2.10 P.M.
** on the 20th October, 1939, a message was received from the senior naval officer that the s.s. Sea Venture had been sunk by enemy action fifteen to twenty miles east of Flugga, and that...
Silver Inkstand.
A SILVER INKSTAND, suitably inscribed, has been awarded to Mr. GEORGE WARD, who for fifty years has been associated with the Birmingham Branch, first as a member of the committee, then honorary secretary,...
Category: Awards
Teesmouth, Yorkshire - At about 5.36 p.m. on 28th May, 1966, the coastguard sighted a small fishing boat being blown out to sea with three people on board. Her engine had failed and she had neither oars nor anchor. In the absence of the...
Intrepid oars woman Jane Trembath, aged 70, battled against blustery conditions to complete her 25-mile sponsored row down the River Dart in aid of the RNLI.
Miss Trembath, using the same 14-foot rowing dinghy she once used... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
AT the Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Mansion House, by the kind permission of the LORD MAYOR of London, on Thursday, the 28th of February, 1867, His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.,...
Category: Annual Reports
SOUTH-EASTERN DISTRICT Rescues by IRBs in April were undertaken by the following stations: Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 11.54 a.m. on i8th April, 1966, while the IRB was being exercised with the district inspector on board, the crew were...
Category: Services
Date Station 1963 Jan. 4 Selsey „ 7 Humber „ 9 North Sunderland .
„ 12 Humber „ 12 Sunderland..
„ 12 Berwick „ 16 Humber „ 16 Scarborough „ 16 Whitby „ 17 Caister „ 18 Scarborough „ 18 Runswick ..
Category: Services
JANUARY DURING January life-boats were launched on service 34 times and rescued 31 lives.
ANGLERS IN DISTRESS IN PLYMOUTH SOUND Plymouth, Devon.—At 12.8 early on the morning of the 2nd of January, 1956, the Yealm...
Category: Services
St. Andrews, Fifeshire, and Thurso, Caithness-shire.
Two gallant services were carried out by Life-boats in Scotland during March., one by the Pulling and Sailing Life- boat at St. Andrews, Fifeshire, and the other by the...
Category: Medals