SICK MAN ABOARD Lerwick, Shetlands. Shortly after midnight on the 3Oth November, 1963, the coastguard informed the assistant honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Splendour, seventy-five miles eastby- north of Lerwick, had a sick...
The Queen, accompanied by the Chairman of the R.N.L.I-, Commander F. R. H. Swarm, O.B.E., R.N.V.R. (right), and Mr. C. G. Rickett, president of the Leander Club, Henley, disembarking from The Royal British Legion Jubilee at Henley on 17th... - View image in PDF
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Anstruther, Fife - At 3.12 p.m. on 20th May, 1967, news was received that a yacht had been seen flying distress signals off Fifeness. The life-boat The Doctors was launched at 3.30 in a fresh west south westerly wind and a rough sea. It was...
The centenary commemoration of the Girvan branch was held at Girvan harbour on 2 ist July, 1965, when the centenary vellum was presented by Captain Alexander Ramsay of Mar, M.A., F.L.A.S., chairman of the executive committee of the Scottish...
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FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.—During a moderate N.N.E. gale and a heavy sea on the 2nd Feb., 1903, signals of distress were observed on the schooner Mary Roberts, of Carnarvon, which was lying in the roads. Rockets to assemble the crew were at...
AGM 1988 The RNLI's annual meetings for 1988 will take place on Tuesday, May 10 at the South Bank, London. The governors' annual general meeting takes place in the Queen Elizabeth Hall at 11.30 am and the annual presentation of...
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Keep our launches!
In response to Christopher Hansen’s comment last issue, please do not give up the lifeboat launchings summary. You can’t possibly feature more than a very few high-profile rescues in...
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FOLLOWING the two balls which were organised by the Belfast Ladies' Lifeboat Guild in the winter and spring, a Fete, lasting a fortnight, was held in June in the Bellevue Gardens, Belfast, which had been kindly lent to the Institution by...
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PLYMOUTH.—A report having been received, on the llth March, that a vessel was dragging her anchors in Batten Bay and required assistance, the Life-boat Escape put off at 8.15 A.M., during a gale from the "W. and a high sea, and found...
The Life- \ boat Civil Service, on the Wexford No. 2 sta- tion, did good service on the 13th May, by saving the crew of 2 men from the yacht Little Dorrit, of Weymouth, which, during a strong gale from the N.N.E., became a total wreck on the...