Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 19th of June, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Lone Star, with one man on board, was twenty-four hours overdue from...
Ballycotton, Go. Cork.—At 9.30 on the night of the 15th of January, 1956, a man reported that his two sons had put off from Cork Harbour in the local seven-ton fishing boat St. Mary, but that they had not returned. The men had left at five...
BY the death on the 6th of February, of His Majesty King George VI, the Life-boat Service lost not only a beloved Sovereign but its own Patron.
He had carried on the tradition of over a century and a quarter that the...
Category: Obituaries
NEW BRIGHTON.—On the 4th January, 1881, at 3.45 A.M., in reply to signals of distress, the Life-boat Willie and Arthur proceeded to the Asque Spit and found the s.s. Brazilian, of Barrow, ashore there.
After the boat's...
Category: Services
IT is with extreme regret that we have to announce the decease of this much-lamented and valued gentleman, by which event the Shipwreck Institution has been deprived of one of its founders, and of its first Chairman of Committee. For a...
Category: Obituaries
Both crew gallantry and supporter dedication were celebrated at the RNLI’s Annual Presentation of Awards at London’s Barbican Centre on 27 May. Guest of Honour this year was HRH Prince Michael of...
Category: Articles
Clovelly, Devon.—5th August. A man on a rubber float had been reported to be drifting out to sea, but he managed to get ashore unaided.—Rewards, £7 Is. 6d..
Torbay, Devon.—1st August, 1938.
Lights had been seen at sea, but a search revealed nothing.—Rewards, £9 13s..
Plymouth, Devon. — 2nd August.
Two men on rafts were being blown out to sea, but a change of wind brought them ashore at Bigbury.—Rewards, £5 145..
JUNE 27TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON. A naval trawler had been reported in difficulties south of Prawle Point, but she was not found as she had gone to Dartmouth. - Rewards, £3 19s. 6d..