On the following day the same Lifeboat went, in a heavy sea, to the assistance of the brig William Hill, of Dundalk, which had shown signals of distress while lying in the bay about two miles from the shore. It was found that the...
On the 21st November, the smack Mary, of Hull, was stranded during hazy weather, about a mile and a quarter south of Withernsea. The crew of 5 men of the distressed vessel were anxious for the aid of the life-boat, as they felt they were in...
During a strong southerly gale and heavy sea on the 15th March, signals of distress were seen from a vessel near the Barber Sands, and the Life-boat John Burch was launched and proceeded in the direction of the signals. On reaching the...
Whilst seven men were engaged, on the 23rd December, on board the s.s. Skane, of Helsingborg, endeavouring to save her, a very heavy sea got up and, as they were in consider- able danger, it was necessary to launch ( the No. 1 Life-boat...
IN the statement of the income and expenditure of the Institution for the year ending 31st March, 1854, it will be seen that £1,831 has been expended on life-boats, and on objects immed- iately connected with them; and £182 on...
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Mr. Michael Tosh has become the first man to receive the Institution's award for the best factual newspaper account of a service by a life-boat. His report appeared in the Dundee Courier and Advertiser on nth November, 1964. In it he...
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Small scale: Terence Amey (I) holds the model he made of Dover's 50ft Thames class lifeboat, Rotary Service, standing on the foredeck of the real thing. Since he completed his fine model, Mr Amey has been able to send some £500 to... - View image in PDF
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In 1940 the Manchester and Salford Branch launched an appeal for £10,000 to build a motor life-boat to replace the life-boat which had been lost in the evacuation of the B. E. F. from Dunkirk. That fund has now been completed. It has...
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On the following day the Kingsdowne Life-boat put off while it was blowing strongly from the S.W., and remained for some time alongside the ship Abyssinia, which had gone on the Goodwin Sands, but which was got off the Sands with the aid of...
MARCH 29TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE, AND BEAUMARIS, AND MOELFRE, ANGLESEY. A report had been received that an aeroplane was in distress and another that three men had baled out of an aeroplane, presumably the same one, but nothing could...