To WILUAM BBOWS, on his retirement, after serving 17 years as Coxswain, 15 years as Second Coxswain, and previously 18 years a* a member of the crew of the Cressweli Life- boat, a Certificate of Service and a Com- mutation of...
Category: Awards
A DANGER TO TRAFFIC Blackpool, Lancashire.—On the after- noon of June 5th, 1947, the life-boat coxswain and others had under observa- tion a boat which could be seen several miles to the south-west. There was no sign of life on board, but...
Galway Bay. At two o'clock on the night of the 9th September, 1961, the local medical officer asked for the use of the life-boat to bring a sick child from Inishmaan to the mainland at Rossaveel. As no other suitable boat was available,...
At 8 p.m. on 24th July, 1966, the yacht Chianti, with three people on board, was reported aground on the Newcombe sands. At 8.25 the life-boat Frederick Edward Crick set out. It was low water, there was a light westerly breeze, and the sea...
[The following letter, which was published in Yaching Monthly, is reproduced by courtesy of the editor.] SIR, During a recent talk given to our members by a representative of the R.N.L.I., it appeared that, in our district at any rate, the...
Category: Correspondence
CATAMARAN BEACHED AFTER CREW TAKEN OFF Criccieth, Caernarvonshire. At 1.25 on the afternoon of the 2nd June, 1963, members of the life-boat crew saw the catamaran Skafe capsize off Black Rock beach. At 1.40 the life-boat Robert Lindsay was...
Amble, Northumberland - At 7.35 a.m. on ist November, 1966, the cobles Provider and Elizabeth Isabel were still at sea with conditions at the harbour bar worsening in the ebb tide. The life-boat Millie Walton slipped her moorings at 7.45....
engines ere complete reliability under arduous conditions is essential to human life,the RNLI specify MERMAID marine engines.
MERMAID quality and reliability is also specified by Boatbuilders worldwide who take pride in the...
Category: Advertisement
Salcombe, Devon. At 2.50 on the morning of the 7th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a boy was missing at Burgh Island and that it was thought he had fa!!en over a cliff. A request was made for the help...
In London to receive their awards (I to r): back row: Coxswain Michael Scales, St Peter Port, Helmsman David Munday, Selsey, and Helmsman Desmond Rogers, Portaferry.
Middle row: Coxswain Thomas Cocking, Senior, St Ives,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs