The RNLI's Head of Public Relations, Edward Wake-Walker, reports from the International Lifeboat Conference in UruguayA hundred or so delegates from 26 different countries gathered in Montevideo, Uruguay, for the 17th International...
Category: Meetings
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 1.31 on the afternoon of the 31st of May, 1956, the Deal coastguard reported that the Liberian steamer Centaurus had been in collision with an unknown tanker some eighteen miles east-by-south from Ramsgate. The life-boat...
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 29th of November, 1956, the Formby coastguard tele- phoned to say the tanker Burma Emerald, of London, was aground on the revetment wall near the Formby buoy. At 5.20 the life-boat...
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 9.5 on the morning of the 18th of May, 1959, the coxswain, who had just returned from fishing in his motor boat, learnt that the local coble Remembrance was still at sea. As the sea on the bar might be dangerous for...
Keith Graham, Exmouth lifeboat coxswain, was at The Anchor public house in Oldbury on Severn on 3 July to receive a cheque for £1,000 which had been raised by pub regulars.
Keith accepted the cheque at a supper which... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
There was plenty to smile about at Great Ormond Street Hospital following, a gala dinner at the Mirabelle Restaurant. The occasion was the restaurant's 50th anniversary and the dinner was held in aid of the RNLl. The Chef Patisserie Nick... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Newspoint Ten years after the capsize of the Salcombe lifeboat the double capsize of Hartlepool's Waveney class lifeboat in February 1993 brings home once again that the sea is a harsh mistress, and that those who venture...
Category: Articles
NORTH BERWICK, HADDINGTONSHIRE.
—A telegram from Anstruther was sent to the Coxswain of the Life-boat at North Berwick stating that a fishingboatfishingboat was in great danger off that place, and that the Life-boat...
Mr Reg Bray, chairman of Crawley branch.
Mr Bray was associated with the branch for over 20 years, many of them as chairman. He was awarded a silver badge in 1984..
Category: Obituaries
PORTHOUSTOCK, CORNWALL. On the 22nd November, at about 8 P.M., signals of distress were seen off Porthoustock. The Life-boat Mary Ann Story was immediately launched and proceeded to the wreck, reaching the Manacles Rocks at about 8.30. The...