At 5 A.M. on the 6th December the Coastguard reported that a steamer was making flares for assistance to the north of the Light- house. The crew of the Life-boat were immediately assembled and the boat launched. The steamer proved to be the...
R.A.F. officers examining the airborne life-boat on the deck of the Danish trawler Betty FN 41 at Great Yarmouth in July, 1943.
The trawler crew had slashed the inflated whale back bags at bow and stern to deflate them. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
1968 month January February March April May June July August September .
October November .
December . .
Number of times life-boats called out on service 54 51 77 95 74 113 121 160 118...
Category: Services
Worthwhile find Whilst turning out a drawer today I came upon some pictures showing the Worthing lifeboat and crews, we wondered if readers would be interested in seeing this cutting (left).
For some time we lived in the...
Category: Correspondence
• AH At Sea, a catch of true and tall stories trawled by writer and broadcaster Libby Purves, has been published by Fontana to mark the 160th anniversary of the RNLI, a milestone reached on March 4 this year. Here can be found all the...
Category: Articles
Destined for life-boat stations all over the U.K., the first ever delivery of Martell cognac was recently received at the R.N.L.I. Depot at Borehamwood, Herts. Taken in the depot's rigging loft, the picture shows (left to right)... - View image in PDF
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Youghal, Ireland.—On the 8th February, the Norwegian barque Galatea ran on shore on the bar at the entrance of Youghal harbour, the captain having mistaken the port for Queenstown : a gale of wind was blowing at the time from the south, and...
Category: Articles
MARCH. 8TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. During the morning a strong W.N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea, and the fresh water from the flooded river Girvan was making the harbour bar extremely dangerous. Five fishing boats from Girvan and two...
The R.N.L.I, issues three medals—in gold, silver and bronze. The reverse shows three men in a life-boat, one of whom is in the act of rescuing an exhausted man from the waves. It is inscribed 'Let not the deep swallow me up'. The... - View image in PDF
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On the morning of the 23rd September news was received that two Cullercoats fishing cobles were in distress off Culler- coats harbour. A moderate N.E.
breeze was blowing, with a rough sea.
The Cullercoats...