Troon, Ayrshire. At four o'clock on the afternoon of the llth of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat had broken down with engine trouble near the Bell Rock off Prestwick. The life-boat James and...
I. THE Annual General Meeting prescribed by the Charter shall be held on the 4th day of March, or as soon after as may be convenient,, and the same and all other General Meetings shall be held at such time and place as the Committee of...
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The former lifeboat Ambler at anchor in idyllic condtions in Tonga - a far cry from the conditions recalled by former crew member Lew Hardy, below. - View image in PDF
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KILDONAN, ISLE or ARRAN.—The barque Falco, of Stockholm, was observed to go ashore in a dangerous position on the Carline rocks during a N.W. gale and a heavy sea, with snow showers, on the 7th December. The Life-boat Emily Dewar was...
OF the many thousands of Londoners who give their help to the Life-boat Service probably very few realize that there is a fleet of Life-boats in London itself—the reserve Life-boats of THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITU- TION, which are...
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Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 11.45 in the morning of the 2nd of April, 1952, the life-boat head launcher reported that the seas were very heavy on the harbour bar, making the conditions bad for returning fishing cobles. Four cobles were at...
A Dutch yacht, Carolina, with three people on board, ran aground on the western end of Bramble Bank in a strong south-westerly breeze on Monday, July 19. Calshot's40' Keith Nelson lifeboat, Ernest William and Elizabeth Ellen Hinde,... - View image in PDF
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The fishing yawl Lizzie and Annie, oi Arbroath, was returning to port from the fishing grounds about midday on the 7th October, when owing to the strong S.E. wind and heavy sea it was realized that both the boat and her crew would be in...
The Motor Life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at 3.20 P.M. on the 5th December, as a strong N.N.E. gale had sprung up, "bringing a rough sea, and it was known that the local motor fishing coble Eagle was at sea. The Life-boat found...