The Right Hon. the Earl of Plymouth, G.B.E, C.B.,D.L,P.C By the death of the Earl of Plymouth on 6th March last, the Institution has lost a friend who was always ready to place his name and great influence at the service of the...
Category: Obituaries
While on a visit to the Republic of Ireland, RNLI supporter Bill Rogerson and his daughter Alison, who is crew member of Trearddur Bay lifeboat, met the honorary secretary of Skerries lifeboat station, Sam Shiels. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In these days when the telephone is more attractive than letter writing it is always a pleasure to receive a hand-written note. Early this year the R.N.L.I.
received 28 such letters from pupils of Pinkwell Junior School,...
Category: Donations
Launches 102. Lives rescued 193.
April Meeting.
Aberdeen.—During the very bad storms from 21st January to 1st Febru- ary the motor life-boat was launched three times, the pulling and sailing life- boat...
Category: Services
AN ADVENTURE AT ABOYNE TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF The Prince's Trust It's up to you—we will give you the tools, if you will do the job THE PRINCE'S TRUST, established in 1976 at the wish of the Prince of Wales, has thrown down a...
Category: Articles
Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—At 7.40 on the evening of the 3rd of November, 1955, the skipper of a fishing boat in Arklow dock reported that he had heard on his boat's wireless the motor vessel Tyrronall reporting that her steering gear had...
The life-boat formerly placed at Sizewell- Gap, on the east coast of Suffolk, has been for the present transferred to Aldborough, five miles farther south, as a more serviceable spot, and where it can be...
Category: Articles
OCTOBER 20TH. - KILMORE, CO. WEX-FORD. At 6.30 in the evening a small tramp steamer was seen on her way westwards inside the Coningbeg Lightship, when two German aeroplanes attacked her. One aeroplane dropped three bombs, but they all missed...
CLOUGHEY, Co. DOWN.—The Coastguard ' watchman haying reported a steamer on the North Rock on the 7th April, 1897, the Life-boat Faith was launched at 5.30 A.M., and prooeeding to the vessel found her to be the s.s. Rannoch, of and from...
Category: Services
One family's century Thank you for your very kind letter regarding my coming resignation from the Committee of Management. It is sad to think that, after more than 100 years, there will be no Cave on the C.
of M. I am...
Category: Correspondence