IN the first quarter of 1961 exception- ally heavy demands were made on life- boat crews, as the figures for launches clearly reveal. The total number of launches on service in January, Febru- ary and March was 163. In the first three months...
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THE LATE EDWARD SPENDER, ESQ.
BY the lamented death of this gentleman, the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has lost one of its ablest and most steadfast advocates in the press. On Friday, the 7th June last, Mr. Spender...
Category: Obituaries
Launches 64. Lives rescued 62.
SEPTEMBER 1ST. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
At 5.45 A.M. the naval author-ities at Cromer asked for the life-boat to go out, as an aeroplane was in the sea between...
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ROCHDALE is built on both banks of the River Roach, whence it derives its name; but the Rochdale of the present day differs widely from that of barely one hundred years ago. Then this quaint old town of industry and traffic occupied a...
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By C. V. FABRICIUS, Manager of the North Jutland Life-Boat Institution.
THE Danish Life-Boat Institution, as at present organised, was established by the Act of 26th March, 1852.
It is an institution...
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Persons Time of rescuedfrom 1955. Launching. shipwreck.
Jan. 3. 4.35 p.m. Fishing boats, of Pittenween. Anstruther life-boat escorted boats.
,, 3. 8.10 p.m. M.F.V. No. 51, of...
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It was a cold and blustery August bank holiday when the annual life-boat flag day was held in Rhyl this year. A further handicap was the lateness of the bank holiday - fewer people were in the town. The outlook for fund raising was poor,...
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THE Ninety-ninth Annual General Meeting of THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION was held at the Eolian Hall, New Bond Street, S.W. 1, on Tuesday, 17th April, 1923, at 3 p. m., Admiral of the Fleet, the Earl Beatty, G.C.B., O.M. (First...
Category: Meetings
In the meantime tragic occurrences were taking place at Blyth. The s.s. Muristan, a steel steamer belonging to Swansea, while bound from the Tyne to Rouen, ran ashore in Blyth Bay.
On the night of the 18th her steeringgear...
The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity, gratuity or...
Category: Awards