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The S.S. Amble (1)

Date: March 1926

Volume: 26

Issue: 286

ON 20th December, 1925, a blizzard was blowing on the north-east coast, one of the severest for many years. The s.s.

Amble, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, a collierwhich loads at Amble, was riding at anchor in Alnmouth Bay, but...

Summary of the Year's Work

Date: 1939

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1939

(Including those in which no service was rendered.

Launches before the outbreak of war on 3rd September - - - 266

Launches after the outbreak of war                ...

Category: Annual Reports

Light of The Haren, of Whistable

Date: October 1865

Volume: 05

Issue: 58

On the 15th August the Lowestoft'life- boat again went off', in reply to signals of distress from the brigantine Light of the Harem, of Whitstable, which had struck on Gorton Spit during a strong gale of wind and heavy sea. The...

The S.S. Basalt

Date: December 1955

Volume: 34

Issue: 374

Teesmouth, Yorkshire. — At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th of August, 1955, the life-boat motor me- chanic reported that the S.S. Basalt,which had been unloading scrap from a wreck, had gone aground on Salt Scar Rocks. At three...

(Below) When the Right Hon the Lord Mayor of London Sir Anthony Jolliffe Cbe

Date: Summer 1983

Volume: 48

Issue: 485

(Below) When The Right Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Anthony Jolliffe, CBE was in Weymouth during the summer, he visited the lifeboat station and was shown all over the 54ft Arun Tony Vandervell. He is seen here II) in the engine room... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

The American Steamer Jonas Lie (1)

Date: 1945

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1945

J ANUARY 9 T H - ANGLE, AND ST.

DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE. Both lifeboats were called to the help of the American steamer Jonas Lie, which had been torpedoed, off Grassholme Island, but they were recalled as all her crew had...

"Storm Warriors of the Suffolk Coast."

Date: October 1937

Volume: 30

Issue: 331

Storm Warriors of the Suffolk Coast, by Ernest Read Cooper, F.S.A. (" Suf- folk Coast"). With a Foreword by the Secretary of the Royal National Life-boat Institution. Heath Granton, Ltd. : 3s. Qd.

MAJOR COOPER has...

Category: Articles

The Sailing Boat Dolores

Date: June 1961

Volume: 36

Issue: 396

Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 1.42 on theafternoon of the 26th of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the s.s. Colebrook had the sailing boat Dolores in tow and her master had asked to be relieved of the tow off Ramsey...

The S.S. City of Lahore

Date: November 1912

Volume: 21

Issue: 246

On the night of the 20th January the s.s. City of Lahore, belonging to Liverpool, stranded on Kearney Point. The Life-boat John was launched and proceeded to the steamer. The captain requested the boat to stand by, which she did. While the...

The shape of things to come

Date: Summer 2009

Volume: 61

Issue: 588

FCB2 is the RNLI’s experimental lifeboat, which is being developed to replace the Mersey class. As we reported last year, the hull proved inadequate in rough weather. A new hull shape has now been chosen, and the RNLI hopes the first...

Category: Articles