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Margaret Cunningham, of Whitby
On the 23rd July, the schooner Margaret Cunningham, of Whitby, was seen driving towards the Kettleness Reef, off the south point of Runs- wick Bay. It was blowing a gale from the N.N.E., and a heavy sea was running at the time. The life-boat...
During a Cocktail Party Organised By Kidlington Branch In November a Solent Class Lifeboat Cake Made By Mr Franklin of La Patisserie a Local Cake Shop Was Presen
During a cocktail party, organised by Kidlington branch in November, a Solent class lifeboat cake made by Mr Franklin of La Patisserie, a local cake shop, was presented as a raffle prize. The party, attended by Sir Alec and Lady Rose, raised... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Celt
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 12.40 early on the morning of the 6th of May, 1954, the Walney Island coastguard telephoned that a "Mayday" distress message had been received from the S.S. Celt, of Glasgow, ten miles south of St. Bees Head....
Commemorative Items and Events During 1974 By Joan Davies
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...
Category: Articles
The Screw Steamer Langdale
SDNDERLAND.—The report of a gun was heard at 7.45 A.M. on the 19th of April, during a light E.N.E. wind, a strong sea, and foggy weather, and the screw steamer, Langdale, of Sunderland, was seen on the North rocks. The No. 1 Life-boat Good...
A Little-Known Work By Sir William Hillary. Plan for a Steam Life-Boat
No doubt most readers of The Lifeboat possess a copy of Britain's Life-boats, by Major A. J. Dawson. They will find in Appendix A in that book a list of the works of Sir William Hillary, whose Appeal to the British Nation, published in...
Category: Articles
News from the Branches
CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS.
SINCE the " Centenary Celebrations " Number of The Lifeboat appeared in November last a number of other cele- brations have been held.
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Category: Branches
Lowesloft: When on August 30 Lowestoft Lifeboat Went to the Help Oj Jolie Brise Returning from Oslo to Harwich on the Second Leg of the 1978 Tall Ships Race It Was
Lowesloft: When on August 30 Lowestoft lifeboat went to the help oj Jolie Brise, returning from Oslo to Harwich on the second leg of the 1978 Tall Ships Race, it was Thomas Knott's last service as coxswain . . . photograph by courtesy of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Liberal of Wisebeach
On the 15th April, at daylight, a sloop was observed to be on shore on the south end of the Goodwin Sands. As soon as there was sufficient water on the sands for a boat to cross them, the Walmer life-boat was launched, and proceeded under...
The Ro-Ro Ferry Chartres
Eighteen lifeboats at sea as storm sweeps country 'Services varied from false alarms - both with good intent and malicious - to fishing vessels and commercial passenger vessels...' The severe storms which swept much of the country on...