Storm on the Waters - is the story of the Life-boat Service in the war of 1939-45. The full story cannot be told in the compass of a small book, but if Mr. Vince has had to omit much that we should like to see included, he has given us a...
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Joint rescue saves water-skiersOn Saturday, 8 September 2001, three lifeboats, two helicopters and two cliff rescue teams were called out to rescue three people from a speedboat that had capsized in a notoriously dangerous area. The wind was...
Aberdovey, Gwynedd January 10.
Arbroath, Angus January 4.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland December 10.
Blackpool, (1)1171, Lancashire February 19.
Blackpool, (D528),...
Category: Services
Four lifeboats in search for missing anglers Lifeboats from Whitstable, Margate, Sheerness and Walton and Frinton were involved in a massive search for a man and his 12-year-old son after they failed to return in their 14ft boat following a...
THE hundred and fifteenth annual meeting of the Governors of the In- stitution was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, at 3 P.M. on Wednesday, 26th April. Over 2,500 people were present.
H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, K.G.,...
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SIR. - Since it would appear that no record has been made of the Institu- tion's earliest effort at mechanization, I am most interested in preparing a paper covering the inception of the steam life-boat; its design; building and method...
Category: Correspondence
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THE Blackpool life-boat band, which was founded in 1884, and was then the only life-boat band in the world, has now been disbanded. The idea of forming a band was conceived at a time when Blackpool had not yet become a popular holiday resort...
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Wick, Caithness-shire, and Longhope, Orkney.—21st June, 1938. A motor boat bound from Wick to Longhope was long overdue, but a search was without result. Later it was learned that the boat had taken shelter in a cove.—Rewards: Wick, £10...
Services by the Life-boats of the Institution, by Shore-boats and by Auxiliary Rescueboats during 1942 During the year life-boats were launched 443 times. Of these launches 244 were to vessels and aeroplanes in distress through attack by the...
Category: Services