The Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Lifeboat Council was held on Wednesday 27 April 1994 in the Banqueting Hall of Glasgow's famous City Chambers. The meeting followed a civic reception for awardees and special guests provided by...
Category: Meetings
breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea and rain. The life-boat made for the position given, W. by S. 1/4S., 36 1/4 miles from Porthdinllaen Point. It was very difficult to see in the continuous rain and, when at midnight the life-boat...
Category: Services
THE ISLE OF WIGHT AND ITS LIFE-BOATS.
XLIV. BROOKS.—The George and Anne, 32 feet by 7 feet 6 inches, 10 oars.
XLV. BRIGHSTONE GRANGE.—The Worcester Cadet, 34 feet by 8 feet, 10...
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Rescuers rescued Dun Laoghaire's D class inflatable was involved in a service at the very limits for the class of lifeboat when she went to the aid of a capsized safety boat on 26 May 1993.
The inflatable had been on...
Brighton Helm Mark Smith has been accorded the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum for his part in saving a man’s life in near-gale conditions on 26 May 2011.
The man had gone overboard from the yacht...
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On the 1st Feb. the Resent, the Life-boat of this station, was transported by land to Chilton Chine, and launched in a heavy S.E. gale and snowstorm, to the assistance of the Norwegian screw steamer Woodham.
The Life-boat...
Airbed A BOY AND A GIRL being blown out to sea on an airbed off Ardrossan were reported to the honorary secretary of Troon lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 1525 on Tuesday June 21. Five minutes later Troon's 44ft Waveney lifeboat...
(Below) After her naming by Lady Aitken, the 52ft Arun lifeboat Sir Max Aitken takes guests for a demonstration trip.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT SALCOMBE DEC. 7TH. - SALCOMBE, AND PLYMOUTH, DEVON. Early in the morning the Belgian steamer Louis Sheid, of over 6,000 tons, was in the English Channel on her way to Antwerp. She had a crew of forty-six men. She saw...
If you’re heading to the seaside in the UK or Channel Islands this Summer, the chances are there’s a beach patrolled by RNLI lifeguards near you. This year our lifeguards will be on hand at more beaches than ever – they now patrol 238. ...
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