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Charting progress I recently finished reading the Spring 1994 issue of THE LIFEBOAT and am, as always, utterly amazed at the achievements of the Institution over the years.
The accounts of the lifeboat services in...
Category: Correspondence
Award of the Gold Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
THE Gold Medal of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which is only awarded in cases of exceptional gallantry, was granted by the Committee of Management on the 11th July, 1907, in the following circumstances:— On Sunday morning, the...
Category: Medals
News from the Branches
list of New Branches.
The following new Branches have been formed since the list published in Life Lifeboat, for March 1926.
NORTHERN DISTRICT.
Branch. Honorary...
Category: Branches
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management
For which Rewards were given at the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Newbiggin, Northumberland. — At about 1.30 P.M. on the 5th June it was reported by the coastguard that a flag was being...
Category: Services
Lifeboat Services
West Division Steering failure LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of New Brighton lifeboat station at 1400 on Sunday August 29, 1982, that the yacht Ocea was acting in an erratic manner and appeared to be in difficulties...
Category: Services
White Lady
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—A routine exercise had been arranged for two o'clock on the afternoon of the 6th of July, 1955, but just before the life-boat put to sea the coastguard reported that the yacht White Lady, of Southwold, which had a...
Black Bird
On 24th April, during fine weather, the Life-boat Albert Edward saved the small cutter yacht Slack Bird and her two occupants.
The vessel stranded on the Buxey Sands during the night and lost her...
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Category: Advertisement
Nimble-Iki
TRIMARAN OVERDUE Broughty Ferry, Angus. At 3 p.m.
on 10th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a trimaran named Nimble-Iki was overdue.
There was a thick fog with a smooth sea...
Nimble Wisbee
TRIMARAN SAVED Dover, Kent. At 4.22 a.m. on loth April, 1965, a resident at Folkestone informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen off Folkestone. The life-boat Southern Africa proceeded at 4.55 in a strong...