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Mrs Richard Sounders (I) Chairman of the Central London Committee and Mrs Robin Aisher Chairman
Mrs Richard Sounders (I.), chairman of the Central London Committee, and Mrs Robin Aisher, chairman of the ball committee, are two of the ladies responsible for the organisation of the Central London annual Lifeboat and Mermaid Ball. One of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bellona, of Red Bay
On the 17th January, the schooner Bellona, of Eed Bay, was driven ashore in a heavy gale off the bar of Dtmdrum, and almost immediately be- came a total wreck. Owing to the thickness of the weather and darkness of the morning, she was not...
Corbon, of Newcastle
Early on the morning of the 7th April, 1866, signals of distress were seen by the beachmen in the direction of the Cockle Sand. The weather was hazy, with a strong breeze blowing from E.N.E.
The Birmingham No. 2 life-boat,...
Where the Rocks and the Tide Race Meet Off the Lizard Seen from the Lizard-Cadgwith Life-Boat. (See Page 240 'Race Casualty'.)
Where the rocks and the tide race meet off the Lizard seen from the Lizard-Cadgwith life-boat. (See page 240 'Race Casualty'.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wild is the wind
The wind brings us clear blue skies and storms, makes a sailboat sail and chills us to the bone. But have you ever wondered where it comes from? Here the Lifeboat gives you a beginner’s guide to wind and its extreme effects<...
Category: Articles
Jules Josephine, of Reyneville
On the 22nd August, the French smack Jules Josephine, of Reyneville, was totally wrecked on the Doom Bar Sands. It was blowing a heavy gale from W.N.W. at the time. The City of Bristol life-boat, Albert Edward, so named after H.K.H. the...
Vale of Conway
During a gale of wind on the 3rd May, the smack Vale of Gonway, of Port Dinorwic, was seen in a disabled state at some distance from the land, off the south end of the Isle of Whithorn, in Wigtonshire. The Life-boat Charley Peek "was...
Mystic, of Newport
On the 2nd Jan., 1873, the Princess of Wales Life-boat at this station, in answer to signals of distress, proceeded to the brig Mystic, of Newport, which she leached shortly before midnight.
Previous efforts had been made...
Victorine, of Ostend
Early on the morning of the 13th January, the barque Victorine, of Ostend, struck on the rocks off.
Souter Point, near Whitburn. There was a heavy wind blowing S. by E., and a very high sea on. The Thomas Wilson life-boat...
Grim But Glorious: the Days of Oar and Sail By Ray Kipling Public Relations Officer Rnli
WRITING ABOUT LIFEBOATS JS HCVer easy.
To many people, every lifeboat rescue is an act of heroism, carried out in a tortuous battle against the elements; to lifeboatmen, even the worst conditions are modestly played down...
Category: Articles