Unusual hazard Sir - I was skipper of the yacht Dalriada when she sank in the small hours of 2 July 1988 (Lifeboat Services, Winter issue), and was eventually transferred to the shore from HMS Battleaxe by Coxswain Billy Lennon and the...
Category: Correspondence
Sheringham, Norfolk.—At 12.45 on the afternoon of the 2nd of December, 1955, the Cromer coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Tudor Queen had wirelessed that she had found the motor yacht Flashing Stream, with a crew of two, fifteen miles...
FOR THOSE AT SEA IN STORMY WEATHER.
" The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly; But yet the Lord who dwelleth on high is mightier." Psalm sciiL-v. 5,
THIS night, O Lord, we lift our...
Category: Songs
Thursday, 4th April, 1861. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R S., V.P., in the Chair.
Head and approved the Minutes of the previous Meetings, and those of the Finance, Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
Category: Committee
Film men rescued BRONZE MEDAL FILMING OF A STUNT for the latest James Bond film at Beachy Head, East Sussex, on Tuesday, December 9, 1986, took a dramatic turn when a 17ft outboard-powered Dory, recovering equipment from beneath the cliffs,...
Ecclesiastical point I have been interested in the correspondence about Shoreline. I would leave things as they are. Certainly I would not want to have Lifeboat Supporters Club as a name because although we do not go to sea those of us who...
Category: Correspondence
To mark the retirement of Willie McEachern, motor mechanic at Islay for 25 years and a lifeboatman of 40 years service, he and his wife were guests of honour at a carnival dance in December—a gathering of friends and colleagues. During the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
RNLI Directory To advertise in the RNLI Directory next issue, please contact Leah Fitz-Henry on 01225 465060 or email [email protected]. Travel in luxury on board Patricia as she completes her vital work maintaining navigation...
Category: Advertisement
Lottery winner David Penn (centre) enjoys his visit to West Mersea lifeboat station, with Deputy Launching Authorities Ian Crossley (left) and Jeremy Dumas (right).
Photo: Nigel Brown Lottery winner David Penn (centre).<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Hearing, on Sunday, July 25, that MFV Mary Sue of Dublin, with five people on board, had engine failure one mile south of Puffin Island and needed help, Valentia's 52' Barnett lifeboat, Rowland Watts, slipped her moorings at 1820 and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs