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H.M. Corvette Hyderbad

Date: 1942

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1942

MARCH 15TH. - ABERDEEN. At 6.25 in the evening information came from the flag officer in charge at Aberdeen, through the coastguard, that H.M. Corvette Hyderbad had gone aground on the north breakwater in Navigation Channel and the No. 1...

Upper Thames Branch

Date: January 1972

Volume: 42

Issue: 438

A small party of members of this branch visited the Depot at Boreham Wood on 6th October where they were received by Lieut.- Commander Harold Harvey, the Depot Superintendent, and Alasdair Garrett, secretary of the Association. After a tour...

Category: Branches

Rohilla Memorial Service

Date: Autumn 1974

Volume: 43

Issue: 450

Whitby On October 30, 1974, a memorial service was held at Whitby to commemorate the sinking of the hospital ship Rohilla, which ran on to a dangerous reef of rocks at Saltwick Nab, near Whitby, in 1914. Whitby No. 2 lifeboat saved 35 people...

Category: Articles

Tonton Alexandre

Date: June 1959

Volume: 35

Issue: 388

Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 6.55 on the morning of the llth of February, 1959, the coastguard at Portpatrick told the honorary secretary that a Frenchtrawler was in difficulties between Corsewall and Campbeltown. Further enquiries were made...

Mouse

Date: November 1903

Volume: 18

Issue: 210

CARDIGAN.—On the night of the 26th February there was every indication of a heavy gale approaching, and the Coxswain of the Life-boat Lizzie and Charles Leigh Clare determined to keep watch all night. Shortly after 4 A.M. on the 27th idem,...

Rosalie

Date: February 1914

Volume: 22

Issue: 251

At 9 A.M. on | the 14th November, during a moderate North-westerly gale and rough sea, the ashing-boat Rosalie, of Minehead, was observed in distress about two miles to the eastward of Minehead. The crew of the Life-boat George Leicester...

Mrs Doreen Rash

Date: Autumn 1983

Volume: 48

Issue: 486

Mrs Doreen Rash, better known as Doreen Wallace the author, is also a painter. Last July Mrs Rash, now in her 87th year, staged an exhibition of her unframed sketches at her home in Norfolk and by their sale raised £140 for Diss... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Liberty

Date: December 1961

Volume: 36

Issue: 398

Redcar, Yorkshire. At 7.30 on the evening of the 26th August, 1961, the coastguard told the mechanic that a small fishing boat off Marske was burning a distress signal. At 7.50 on the ebbing tide the life-boat City ofLeeds was launched....

Erratum

Date: June 1960

Volume: 35

Issue: 392

IN the March 1960 number of the Life-boat it was stated on page 381 that the bronze medal for gallantry had been awarded to Mr. Hugh Owen, of the Moelfre, Anglesey, crew. In fact, Mr.

Owen was awarded a second-service clasp...

Category: Awards

Plymouth's Round House Before-

Date: Spring 1999

Volume: 57

Issue: 548

Plymouth's Round House presented unique problems when it was convened into the RNLI's base in Plymouth in 1993. The listed building dates from the early 19th century and the before-and-after photographs show how the building has been... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs