Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 7.5 on the evening of the 28th October, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat with two people on board had been seen burning flares about a mile south of Arnish...
Not long after launching into an onshore Force 9 Whitstable's Atlantic begins to rise to a large sea (main photol.. - View image in PDF
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DOVER.—Signals of distress were fired by the light-vessel moored off the works in progress at the Admiralty pier, on the night of the 16th May .while a strong breeze was blowing from N.E. The Life-boat, Lewis Morice, was launched at 10.15,...
When Major-General and Mrs Farrant visited South Wales at the end of November, Mrs Farrant presented a ship''s bell to Coxswain Edward Powell and the crew of the Barry 52' lifeboat Arun. It was to commemorate the first visit she... - View image in PDF
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WHEN the Chairman of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION brings the present lamentable state of our coast communications under the notice of Parliament next Session, it is to be hoped that the Government will either accept Ms proposals...
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Our free and fun outdoor water safety sessions are back for another year
We’re working with Swim England to equip 7–14-year-olds with vital life skills for open water. The sessions are run by qualified instructors and...
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Five years old, and not a present to be seen - but Billy Salisbury had collected more than £43 for the Institution!. - View image in PDF
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There were no services by IRBs in December and January, which resulted in lives being saved, but in February the Whitstable,Kent, IRB went to the assistance of a speedboat.
Whitstable, Kent. At 11.30 a.m. on 2oth February,...
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ARDROSSAN, AYRSHIRE. — On Saturday, 26th January, four men put off in a boat and proceeded to Horse Island, which is about a mile and a half distant from Ardrossan harbour, for the purpose of shooting wild fowl. While they were on the island...