Mr. Rowland Berkeley.
WE deeply regret to announce the sudden death on 14th October, after an operation, of Mr. Rowland Berkeley, who was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Institution at the beginning of 1923. Mr. Berkeley...
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New Quay, Cardiganshire - At 9.20 p.m. on 2nd September, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that flares had been reported about five miles west of Aberaeron.
The life-boat St. Albans was launched at 9.55...
From St Albans and District comes news of the opening in July of Salisbury Hall by its owner, Walter Goldsmith, in aid of the RNLI.
In foreground (below) two of display of five lifeboat models made by John Gilbert, and a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
FOR a search carried out in a northwesterly wind of storm force, when a wind speed of over 107 miles per hour was recorded, letters of commendation have been sent to the members of the crew of the St. Helier life-boat and of a Jersey pilot...
Category: Services
Open all Hours Nearly all of the Institution's 215 lifeboat stations held a special open day during the Spring Bank Holiday Weekend, most of them opening on the Sunday, 28 May.
An estimated 65,000 people visited... - View image in PDF
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At 6 P.M. on the 4th January a message was received from the Postmaster of Marloes, through the Coastguard, that a small boat was drifting in St. Bride's Bay. The occupants of the boat were the owner of Skomer Island and another man, who...
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 2.43 p.m. on 2ist August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a man had fallen off., or had been washed off, the rocks at Clodgy Point. At 2.45 the IRB launched in a fresh west-north-westerly breeze and rough sea. The...
An eggs-tra special gift The fabulous Faberge-style egg created for the RNLI in Chichester by Ebony Jewellers in South Street has finally found a home.
Sothebys valued the egg at £20,000, an amount which the Worshipful...
Category: Articles
On the 5th December, the weather being thick, and a strong wind from W.S.W. blowing, a barque was observed in the bay, apparently making for the land. As soon as her dangerous po- sition was seen, the Agar Bobartes life-boat put off, through...
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