On the 18th February, while a moderate gale was blowing from the E.S.E.
with a rough sea, the brig Hondeklip, of Swansea, bound ftom Ghent for Dublin, was observed ashore on the north-east part of the Goodwin Sands. The...
Mr. A. J. Phillips, of Newport, Monmouthshire, w o died on 12th September, was one of the Institution's oldest and most devoted supporters.
First as honorary secretary and then as chairman, he had been associated with...
Category: Obituaries
On the morning of the 15th of April, 1954, the Whitby No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepzvorth rescued four men from the local fishing-boat Foxglove. One of the four had been swept overboard by a heavy sea, and to rescue the others the coxswain...
The naming ceremony and dedication of the new Wick, Caithness, life-boat Princess Marina —she is a 48-foot 6-inch Oakley Mark II— took place in September. H.R.H. Princess Alexandra named the boat, the cost of which was met from the H. M....
Category: Inaugurations
The Committee of the Association has decided with regret to discontinue this grade of membership since a subscription of -£ is insufficientto cover the free quarterly issue of THE LIFE-BOAT and to cover administrative costs. Existing...
Category: Articles
Taking doctors to a casualty is fairly common - but the crew of New Brighton's Atlantic were called on to ferry local dentist Neil Thomas to the Greek master of the coaster Porta Aistissa on 2 January 1989.
The master...
Coming from as far afield as Ireland and Humberside, 116 entries made the third Great Tweed Raft Race a huge crowd puller with 15,000 people lining the river bank. There were two categories: fancy dress rafts and speedsters, all of which had... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
November Laurence C. H. Cave, who had been elected a member of the Committee of Management in 1947, a vice-president of the Institution in 1964 and a life vicepresident in 1977; he had served on both the Finance and the Establishment...
Category: Obituaries
Minehead: A new D class inflatable lifeboat, provided from funds raised by beaconsjield Round Table in memory of Keith R. Drysdale, was handed over to the RNLI on Saturday September 17.
1983, b Beaconsfield chairman, Mr... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Geoffrey Garrick, regional organiser for south London (I) receives a cheque for £710 from Cyril Mulchings, chairman of Epsom and Ewell swimming club, and hands over an RNLl plaque in return. The link between the boys and girls of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs