AUG. 26TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 12.30 A.M. a message was received from the relatives of two men on board the motor fishing boat Sarah Ross, of Peterhead, that they were overdue. A light N.W. breeze was blowing,...
The Institution in common with the whole Empire, mourns the decease of His Majesty King Edward the Seventh.
First as President and then as Patron, His Majesty took the warmest interest in the affairs of the Institution and...
Category: Obituaries
Seaham, Durham.—On the morning of the 2nd of September, 1950, the new life-boat George Elmy was launched for exercise. The sea was choppy, with a north-north-westerly breeze blowing.
At ten o'clock they noticed a...
FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse.—Bust of His Majesty Kiso EDWARD VII. Double Legend : " Royal National Life-boat Institution.
Founded in 1824. Incorporated 1860. King Edward VII....
Category: Medals
WE have from time to time advocated in the strongest terms the supply of efficient life-belts to the crews of all our merchantships, and have pointed out the duty that devolves on shipowners to provide'the same, although the law of the...
Category: Articles
on 28th Nov., saved 3 men from the schooner Rose, of Lynn..
Three yachtsmen saved from Buxey Sands in heavy weather The crew of Clacton's relief Atlantic 21 and Walton and Frinton's Solent lifeboats have received letters of thanks from the RNLI's chief of operations following a joint...
(below) When the Southern Model Lifeboat Society's boats weren't afloat on their special pool the static displays produced some longing looks…. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Crew members aboard Wick's Tyne class lifeboat Norman Salvesen launch the inflatable X boat to reach the two survivors stranded on rocks next to the casualty, Wavedancer. Photo John Mowatt. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
ABERSOCH, CAERNARVONSHIRE. — While the wind was blowing, with the force of a whole gale to a storm, from W.N.W. to N.W., with terrific squalls and a very heavy sea, on the 12th Jan. last, signals of distress were exhibited by the schooner...
Category: Services