Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 2.35 p.m.
on 13th January, 1965, the assistant motor mechanic informed the honorary secretary that four motor fishing vessels were still at sea in very bad weather conditions. The life-boat Tillie...
Whitby, Yorkshire.-—At noon on the 5th December a strong N.W. breeze was blowing, with a very heavy ground sea, and seas were breaking heavily outside the harbour entrance, making it very dangerous for the local motor fishing boatsfishing...
ASHORE IN FOG Dunbar, East Lothian. At 5.30 p.m.
on 3rd September, 1964, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Star of Faith was ashore on the east sands in thick...
WINTERTON.—Flares having been reported by the Coast Guard, at about 11 P.M. on the 4th of April, the No. 2 Life-boat, the Husband, was launched, proceeded in the direction in which the signals had been seen, and found there had been a...
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Fantastic 5p fundraising
When 8-year-old Keegan Luraschi learned that RNLI lifeboat crew members are volunteers who count on public donations to save lives, he set his mind to doing all he...
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ON MARCH 4, 1824, a meeting was held in the City of London Tavern, presided over by Dr Manners Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury, at which it was resolved to form the body which has since come to be known as the Royal National Lifeboat...
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A summer wine and quiche party organised by Northampton ladies' guild and held at Castle Ashby, the home of the Marquess of Northampton, raised £1,133 for Aldeburgh lifeboat appeal. Conducted tours were taken round this delightful... - View image in PDF
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Cromer, Norfolk.—A wireless message sent out by the motor vessel Fosna, of Bergen, that she wished to land a sick man at Cromer at 3 P.M., was passed to the life-boat station, through Mablethorpe and the coastguards, at 1.55...
THROUGH the kindness of the organizers of the annual Shipping, Engineering and Machinery Exhibition, held at Olympia last September, the Institution was given free space for a life-boat exhibit for the fortnight during which the exhibition...
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Tying the knot
Congratulations to Bundoran Crew Members Laura McNulty and Richard Gillespie, who got married in July. Lifeboating must be in their blood, because both Laura and Richard have family on the crew. Laura’s dad,...
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