Now replaced by a Motor Life-boat after 24 years' service, on her road-journey of over 250 miles from her Station to the Reserve Fleet at the Institution's Storeyard in London.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Life-boat "Robert and Catherine," late of Appledore, now of the Reserve Fleet at Poplar, in the Lord Mayor's Show of the 9th November, 1928, with Coxswain W. T. Hammond and members of the Walton-on-Naze Crew on... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Thurso, Caithness-shire. — The Grimsby trawler Thomas Thresher, bound for Iceland, put into Scrabster harbour at 9 P.M. on the 2nd April to get medical attention for one of her crew.
She left again at 11.15 P.M. and shortly...
20th August. A Dart- mouth boat was thought to be missing, but was found to have been moored at Kingswear, on the other side of the river, without the knowledge of the owner.—Rewards, £11 15s. 6d..
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 10th of June, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that a small motor boat off Leysdown, with Sea Cadets on board, had broken down..
THE Institution has received a gift of £100 from Tasmania for the benefit of the life-boat station at Southend- on-Sea. The donor's aunt lived in Southend for many years and was a contributor to the branch..
Category: Donations
On the 3ist August, 1965, the life-boat Lucy Lavers, on temporary duty at the station, rescued the crew of two of the yacht Taka-Maru of Rhyl. A full account of this service will appear in the March number of THE LIFE-BOAT..
Those who give talks on the life-boat service may like to know that standard notes for speakers, which are revised at regular intervals to ensure that they include information about new developments, are available on request to the Head...
Category: Articles
Skegness, Lincolnshire - At 11.39 p.m. on 21st February, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen about one mile east of Skegness pier. The life-boat Charles Fred Grantham was launched at 12.10...
Walmer, Kent - On 29th August, 1968, the life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson, on temporary duty at the station, rescued the crew of three of the yacht Fantasy, for which special awards were granted. A full account of this service will appear...