The Christmas Gales.
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Life-boat's Four Launches in one Day.
THE gales at the end of October and November were followed by rough weather at the end of December, with heavy...
Ballycotton, Co. Cork, and Helvick Head, Co. Waterford.—During the afternoon of the 10th of January, 1950, the Helvick Head life-boat, H. F. Bailey, was on passage from Baltimore, expecting to call at Ballycotton. About 4.50, a searchlight...
ON the 5th of June, 1952, Mrs. Sean O'Kelly, the wife of the President of the Republic of Ireland, named at Wexford the new Rosslare Harbour life-boat, which the committee of management had decided, with the approval of the government of...
Category: Inaugurations
A stitch in time...
could save a lifeboat from launching The RNLI has started an initiative to slow the seemingly inexorable increase in lifeboat launches - by working to prevent incidents occurring in the first...
Category: Articles
Oil the 125th Anniversary of the most legendary clipper ship of all time...
The National Maritime Historical Society Sponsors THE CUTTY SARK ANNIVERSARY MARITIME HOURGLASS She earned Listing fame .is the greyhound of the...
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Margate, Kent. At 5.19 on the after- noon of the 3rd of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat appeared to be in difficulties two miles east of Tongue Sand Fort. The life-boat North Fore- land (Civil...
Main attraction on the R.N.L.I. stand at this year's International Boat Show at Earls Court, London, on 3-13 January was the new McLachlan boat (18-02) which is foreseen as a high speed rescue craft and also for taking crews from the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Greater London.
BARNET.—Mrs. G. T. Moore appointed joint honorary secretary.
CLAPHAM. — " Bring - and - buy " sale.
Three whist drives.
HORNSEY.—Whist...
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Runswick, Yorkshire - At 5 p.m. on 22nd May, 1966, the motor mechanic informed the honorary secretary that two cobles were in difficulties and in danger of being blown out to sea. The life-boat The Elliott Gill was launched at 5.35 in a gale...
CLACTON.— Signals from the Swin Middle Light-vessel were observed on the morning of the 17th February, during a N.E. wind and a rough sea. The Albert Edward Life-boat was launched at 3.30; proceeded to the Light-vessel, and found the crew,...