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Gifts from Crews
On the 17th May, 1928, the Ramsgate Motor Life-boat saved the schooner Isabella, of Barrow, which was in distress in a moderate northerly gale, and rescued her crew of four men. Out of the salvage money received, the Life-boat Crew have made...
Category: Donations
Obituary
IT is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, G.O.B., which took place, at the age of 83, at Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks, on Wednesday, Sep- tember 18th.
Sir Richard Hamilton...
Category: Obituaries
The Norwegian Fish Carrier Arnoytrans
Longhope Coxswain Kevin Kirkpatrick and Thurso Second Coxswain Duncan Munro received the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum for two separate services on the same stormy day (mentioned in the winter 2004/05 issue of the Lifeboat)....
The Development of the Lifeboat from Page 58
from page 58 no doubt be true to say that this fourth period—say the last 20 to 25 years— has seen the greatest and most far reaching changes in the history of the RNLI.
These changes include the advent of the small...
Category: Articles
October
Launches 50 Lives rescued 116 OCTOBER 1ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At noon the Gorleston coastguard reported a drifter on Scroby Sands, flying a distress signal. A light north-westerly breeze was blowing, with a swell. The...
Category: Services
Heye P.
Coaster on rocks A VESSEL on the rocks at Prawle Point was reported to the honorary secretary of Salcombe lifeboat station by Prawle Point Coastguard at 2233 on Sunday December 16, 1979. Less than ten minutes later Salcombe's 47ft Watson...
People and Places
Stirling Whorlow QBE Stirling Whorlow QBE, the secretary of the Institution for eight years from 1961 to 1969 died at his home in Spain on 2 October 1988.
One of his colleagues from the RNLI at the time writes: 'It is...
Category: Articles
Royal Visits
Top) HRH The Duchess of Kent talks to crew and station personnel at Pwllheli lifeboat station during her tour. - View image in PDF
Photo Peter Westley Photography. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Jean
FLARES NEAR ISLAND At 8.24 p.m. on i2th September, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that flares had been seen between Puffin Island and Great Orme Head. It was low water with a smooth sea and light airs. At 8.40 the life-boat Cunard,...