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Haul-Off Warps

Date: November 1899

Volume: 17

Issue: 194

THE term "Haul-off warp" is used to describe the rope which is made fast to an anchor laid out to sea opposite the launching place of the Life-boat, and with- out the he'p of this appliance there are many stations where the aid...

Category: Articles

At the Sharp End

Date: Autumn 1996

Volume: 54

Issue: 538

Short service iust 500 yards from station - but a surfer's life is saved Ashort but very difficult service by North Sunderland's D class inflatable lifeboat on 18 May 1996 undoubtedly saved the life of a surfer, and also led to the...

Category: Services

Portrait of a Coxswain

Date: December 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 422

COXSWAIN EDWARD G. WILLIAMS, of the llfracombe life-boat Lloyd's II. A member of the local crew since 1928, Coxswain Williams was appointed second coxswain in December, 1948, and coxswain in January, 1953.. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Friends, of West Hartlepool

Date: October 1870

Volume: 07

Issue: 78

It blew a hurricane here from N.N.W. on the 12th February. About seven o'clock in the evening the schooner Friends, of West Hartlepool, went ashore near the jetty. The Quiver life-boat promptly went out to her through the very heavy sea...

The Jadestar Glory

Date: Autumn 1974

Volume: 43

Issue: 450

HEARING FROM the Marine Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Shannon at 2106 on January 16 that Jadestar Glory was ashore, possibly on Roney Rock, the honorary secretary Arklow alerted the crew while trying to get further...

New Ways of Raising Money

Date: June 1954

Volume: 33

Issue: 368

A VARIATION of the old game of musical chairs was played at the eleventh birthday party of the Hornchurch Sea Cadets early this year. A pot was passed round a circle of people. The pot had to be kept moving but when the music stoppe'd...

Category: Donations

Gregory Conneely Chairman of Galway and Aran Fishermen's Co-Operative Society Presents a Cheque for £1500 the Result of a Proportion of Its Fish Auction Being Made Over to the Rnli (1 To

Date: Spring 1980

Volume: 47

Issue: 472

Gregory Conneely, chairman of Galway and Aran Fishermen's Co-Operative Society, presents a cheque for £1,500, the result of a proportion of its fish auction being made over to the RNLI. (1. to r.) Noel Mickey, chairman of Galway... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Happy Harry, of Dublin

Date: 1946

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1946

SEPTEMBER 29TH. - YOUGHAL, CO. CORK, AND HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. At four in the afternoon the Ardmore civic guards reported that a schooner, travelling west under sail, seemed to be on fire aft. A strong south-east wind was blowing,...

Shield of Thanks

Date: Autumn 1996

Volume: 54

Issue: 538

Gerry and Ingrid Stillman were presented with the Sue Curror memorial shield by Locks Heath and district branch recently, in recognition of all the hard work that they have done for the Institution over the years.

Gerry and... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Mrs Ruth Wadlow Presents a Cheque to Michael Ashley District Organising Secretary South London at the Christmas Ball of the Court Laxton Tudor of the Independe

Date: Spring 1977

Volume: 45

Issue: 460

Mrs Ruth Wadlow presents a cheque to Michael Ashley, district organising secretary, South London, at the Christmas Ball of the Court Laxton Tudor of the Independent Order of Foresters at Gravesend. The Court donated £850 to the RNLI,... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs