IB it worth while to work for others ? Is it worth something to save life ? As the day broke, one fearfully stormy morning, a large barque ran on a bank of sand, eight miles from the British coast, and lay there at the mercy of the tempest,...
Category: Articles
On the 10th November the Joseph Anstice, the Life- boat of this station, in answer to signals of distress from the schooner Don, of Jersey, put off to her assistance. A very heavy gale was blowing from the north, and darkness coming on soon...
At the blast of Royal National Life-boat Institution whistles, teams of women and schoolgirls drawn from around Bournemouth and Poole began furiously knitting blanket squares at sponsored knitins held simultaneously at Beales of Poole and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
North Western Division Storm A YACHT IN DISTRESS 23 nautical miles south west of Skerries Lighthouse was reported to the honorary secretary of Holyhead lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 1310 on Saturday, September 11, 1976. The bulk...
Category: Services
From July to September the new fast inshore rescue boats were launched on service thirty-three times and rescued seven lives. The following is the list of services or attempted services: Date Station 1963 July 10th: Mudeford July...
Category: Services
THE FRESHLY PAINTED and polished 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat to be named Princess of Wales sparkled against a backdrop of gentle mountains, their tops dusted with a light covering of snow.
The low winter sun's reflection...
Category: Inaugurations
End of an era...
Whenever a station changes lifeboats there is always a degree of sadness in handing back a trusted boat, tempered by the excitement of receiving a brand new vessel in its place. The Dover station's...
Category: Articles
TWO MEN RESCUED FROM SAILING DINGHY New Brighton, Cheshire. About five o'clock on the afternoon of the 29th April, 1963, the Wallasey police informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was seen to be in trouble off the auxiliary...
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 3.38 on the morning of the 25th of May, 1960, the signalman at St. Peter Port harbour told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen about four miles south of the harbour. At 4.3 the life-boat...