To Mr. E. B. PBOCTOB, upon his resignation after 12 years' service as Honorary Secretary of the Abetdovey Branch, the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum.
To Mrs. A. C. PARKY, in recognition of her '...
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Ex-Coxswain Evan Hughes, of Criccieth.
Ex-Coxswain Evan Hughes, of Criccieth, died on 31st October at the age of seventy. He had served in the Criccieth Life-boat for some forty years.
From 1890 to 1901 he...
Category: Obituaries
A special £1 draw was organised for this magnificent cake made in the shape of Exmouth lifeboat, just one of the attractions at a dance at Langslone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish, organised by 13 of the water sport clubs on the River Exe. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
JAN. 23RD. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
During the afternoon a gale was blowing from the N.N.W. with a heavy sea. The motor fishing boat Pilot Me was at sea and as she did not return the No. 1 motor life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was...
OCT. 26TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE. In the early morning the fishing fleet put to sea.
By 8.10 A.M. several of the boats had returned.
A fresh to strong breeze was blowing, with a rough sea, and some of the...
The RNLI is Yorkshire Building Society group's Charity of the Year for 2012. Staff and customers at more than 200 branches of Yorkshire, Chelsea and Barnsley Building Societies will raise money for lifeboat crew and lifeguard training....
Category: Articles
JULY 28TH . - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
An aeroplane which had on board the Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, making for Belfast, was reported as missing.
She had last been seen out at sea three miles S.S.E....
• Visitors to Clovelly usually see this famous Devon coastal village in a setting of a calm sea.
Conditions are not always as idyllic as this, however. Evidence of this is given in the excellent Short History of the...
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HUMANITY . . . courage . . . dedication.
These words must have equivalents in every language and they were used repeatedly by delegates from all over the world at the fourteenth International Lifeboat Conference (ILC) in...
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MARCH 19TH. - CLOVELLY, AND ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At 3.10 A.M. a message from the coastguard, Hartland Point, was received at Clovelly that a steamer was on fire six miles north of the point. A whole W.S.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy...