Letters of Gratitude.
AT 7.15 on the evening of 22nd Novem- ber, a wireless message was received at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, from the Sunk Lightship, reporting that the Lightship could see flares four to five miles to...
Category: Services
ON the 16th of September, 1951, the Boulogne Life-boat Society inaugur- ated the new life-boat and station which have replaced those destroyed in the war. The ceremony was at- tended by the Dover life-boat, Southern Africa, and her crew, Mr....
Category: Articles
Racy Lady aground on the Middle Shingle Bank. Crew member Falcon Hawkins can be seen on the yacht's foredeck having swum across with a line.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Arklow, Co. W'icklow.—About three o'clock on the afternoon of the 1st of March, 1953, four boys walking on the beach near Arklow Rock heard shouts through dense fog from a vessel ashore.
The vessel was asking for a...
Left to right: Mr. Ernest Brown, Minister of Labour, H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, Coxswain H. A. Griggs (Hythe), Mr. F C. Sanders (bowman at Torbay), Coxswain William Mogridge (Torbay).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
WHO IS SIR STEVE REDGRAVE?
Rower Sir Steve Redgrave is the only person to win gold medals at five different Olympic Games. He now works in the media, with charities, and as a motivational speaker.
The five-time...
Category: Articles
D class inflatable braves Force 10 and total darknessPaul Gilson, the helmsman of Southend-on-Sea's D class inflatable lifeboat has been awarded the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum following a service on the night of 20/21...
Robson Green’s acting, presenting and singing skills have earned him sparkling success, but he’ll never forget his rugged roots
I’m from Northumberland mining stock – my father,...
Category: Articles
At a time when many people are exchanging New Year wishes, what would your message to our volunteer crews be?
As part of an appeal to raise funds for two new Shannon class lifeboats and launching equipment, supporters are...
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During a strong northerly gale, on the 18th January, three small open fishing- boats, belonging to Port Erin, put into Port St. Mary, and reported that two similar boats were attempting to follow.
Owing to the heavy sea and...