At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL, LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Princes' Hall, Piccadilly, on Saturday, 30th day of April, 1892, Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair, the following Report of the...
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COXSWAIN DIVES FOR BOY IN a life-saving service at St. Ives, Cornwall, on 26th July, 1972, Coxswain Thomas Cocking, who had been taken to the scene by motor launch ahead of the ILB, dived overboard to assist a boy who was in...
THURSDAY, 3rd June, 1880.
THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspond- ence...
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. . . and Manx steamer Ben Veg meeting a force 8 gale as she left harbour in January 1966. At times during this winter's gales, seas were breaking over road and jetties right up to the head of the inner... - View image in PDF
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Eleven lifeboats in biggest ever Cardigan Bay searchCrew from nine lifeboat stations were united in a search for a missing power boat at Cardigan Bay. The Coastguard coordinated an extensive search involving 11 lifeboats, a rescue helicopter...
NEWBIGGIN-BY-THE-SEA, NORTHUMBER- LAND.—On the 1st July a gale from E.S.E. sprang up at about 4 A.M. Seven fishing cobles had left about four hours previously for the fishing-ground, which is about 15 miles from the shore, and considerable...
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Ramsgate, Kent. At 1.4 p.m. on 25th September, 1965, the east pier watchman reported that the motor yacht Lady Jane had broken down one mile east of the pier and was signalling for help. The lifeboat Michael and Lily Davis proceeded at 1.14...
Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 5.12 a.m.
on 3rd October, 1965, a motor yacht was reported in trouble one and a half miles north of Danger Patch. The life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was launched at 5.30 in a moderate breeze and a...
LIFE-BOAT-HELICOPTER EXERCISE SAVES THREE New Quay, Cardiganshire. On the evening of Friday the 19th of July, 1963, the life-boat St. Albans was out on exercise with a helicopter when the helicopter crew saw the rowing boat Gwylan 11 of New...