AFTER the reading of the Annual REPORT and Balance Sheet the following Resolutions were carried unanimously :— Moved by Ca.pt. A. ELLICE, R.N., Comptroller-General of the Coast-Guard, and seconded by Colonel BLANSHARD, C.B., Commandant of...
Category: Meetings
The yacht Orchid II pictured on 11th July, 1970, in trouble on the ebb tide on Caernarvon bar. Before the photograph was taken storm oil had been used by the Porthdinllaen life-boat (pictured in the foreground) to calm the sea. One man was... - View image in PDF
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DURING 1938 foreign life-boats went out to the help of 53 British vessels; forty-five of these services were by the United States, three by Norway, two by Holland, and one each by France, Sweden and...
Category: Services
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—On the 7th March, at 1.30 P.M., a barque was seen to go ashore on the Scroby Sand. A strongS.W. wind was blowing at the time, and there was a heavy sea on the sand. The Life-boat Godsend proceeded to her, and found she was...
Some idea of the terrifying conditions experienced that night can be gained from this photo of dumping surf around Brighton Pier.
The lifeboat was operating among the pier supports on a pitch-dark moonless night with a 4m... - View image in PDF
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AT the end of the first Annual Report of the Institution, published on 10th March, 1825, is a list of thirty-two services for which it had given rewards during its first year. The first of these services took place on 10th July, 1824, and...
Category: Medals
Chairman at the Annual Meeting held at the Mansion House, April, 1917, and President of Life-boat Day, 1917. - View image in PDF
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MARCH 30TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON. At 8.55 P.M. the naval authorities at Appledore asked the life-boat to go to a vessel flying signals of distress two miles east of Clovelly.
A moderate W.N.W. gale was blowing, with a rough...
HRH The Duchess of Kent pictured with coxswain Steve Shaw aboard Roy Barker I after the naming ceremony. - View image in PDF
Photo Brian Green. - View image in PDF
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A strong gale from the N.E. sprung up on the afternoon of the 14th February, accompanied by snow-showers and a very high sea. Most of the fishing-boats had returned home, but one of them, the Reliance, was overtaken by the storm and was...