THORPENESS, SUFFOLK.—The Life-boat Ipswich put off at 1 A.M. on the 4th November, flares having been shown by a vessel during a gale from the S.S.W. and a heavy sea, and brought safely ashore the crew consisting of six men, of the schooner...
Reported to the February and March Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Launches 110. Lives rescued 102.
February Meeting.
Arklow, Co. Wicklow_On the night of the 20th November,...
Category: Services
Reported to the May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management.
May Meeting.
St. Helier, Jersey.—Five men left St.
Helier on the 31st March, in a converted ship's...
Category: Services
Humber, Yorkshire. At 4.45 on the morning of the 24th of June, 1958, the Spurn Point coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that the S.S.
Rota had signalled by morse lamp that a small yacht off Bull Sands needed...
Stromness, Orkneys.—At 5.15 A.M. on the 16th March the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that Wick Radio had reported a vessel ashore on Hoy. She was the steam trawler Siberite, of Hull, homeward bound from the fishing grounds, with a crew of...
THE RNLI'S PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES contain thousands of lifeboat pictures which not only document the progress in boats and equipment but also provide an insight to changing social conditions.
The selection on these pages...
Category: Articles
On the night of January 11 and 12, 1978, storm force winds blowing right down the North Sea coinciding with some of the highest tides of the winter resulted in severe flooding and damage down the East Coast of England and in the Thames...
Category: Articles
In continuation of the description of the Anglesea Life-boat stations, we have now to give an account of Rhoscolyn, Penmon, Llanddwyn, aud Moelfre. Before doing so, however, we have to correct a mistake as to the Holyhead boat, which, in...
Category: Articles
More views of RNLI lifeboat stations from the air.
Abersoch - West Division Picturesque Abersoch, on the tip of the Lleyn Peninsula in North Wales, boasts two sandy beaches and is a popular area for powerboat and yachting...
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During the Show, John Meakes, Managing Director of J. G. Meakes Ltd, presented a cheque for £105 to Captain Nigel Dixon, KN, Director of the RNLI. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of the 'Daily Express'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs