Breakfast, lunch or dinner, RNLI crew leave their families at a moment’s notice to save lives at sea. And this October, we hope you’ll answer our rescue call over dinner too – by hosting a fundraising Fish Supper. From 14–16 October, we need...
Category: Articles
On January 12th, 1868, a large iron ship, the Oasis, of Liverpool, struck on the rocks west of the Metal Mail, Newtown Head, in a south-easterly gale.
The Cambridge University life-boat, Tom Egan, was launched, and reached...
Motor cruiser stranded ON THE AFTERNOON OF Sunday August 11, 1985, Mr Anthony Wylie, the watchman of the east pierhead at Ramsgate, was following the progress of a 16ft motor cruiser. She was approaching the harbour from the south, having...
Building into the MillenniumRNLI shoreworks manager Howard Richings continues his tour around the coast with a visit to IrelandOkay, so we all make mistakes - there are 38 stations around the coast of Ireland, not 37 as stated at the end of...
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St. Albans Answers the Challenge.
IN the last issue of The Lifeboat we gave the Southport Branch's record of mayoral help. The Mayor, during his term of office, serves as a member of the Branch Committee, while the...
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THE two silver and six bronze medals, with diplomas, which were awarded to Coxswain William Mogridge, of Torbay, and his crew by the French Government for the rescue of the skipper of the trawler Satanicle, on 30th December, 1935, were...
Category: Medals
FRASERBURGH, N.B. — On the 25th August one of the most severe storms ever experienced at this season of the year prevailed here. A report had been circulated among the fishermen on the previous day that a storm was at hand, and on that day...
The Christmas Gales.
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Life-boat's Four Launches in one Day.
THE gales at the end of October and November were followed by rough weather at the end of December, with heavy...
JANUARY DURING January life-boats were launched on service 34 times and rescued 31 lives.
ANGLERS IN DISTRESS IN PLYMOUTH SOUND Plymouth, Devon.—At 12.8 early on the morning of the 2nd of January, 1956, the Yealm...
Category: Services
THE Swedish Life-boat Society has awarded to the Institution its plaque of merit and two diplomas, each of which has this record: Swedish Life-boat Society pre- sents to the Royal National Life-boat Institution its plaque of merit for out-...
Category: Awards