• Howard Biggs, in his book The Sound of Maroons (Terence Dalton, Suffolk, £5.80) has researched diligently to produce such a fine history of the Kent and Sussex lifeboat stations from 1802 to 1977.
Much more than a...
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MOELFRE, JUNE 17 and BROUGHTY FERRY, JULY 17 BRILLIANT SUNSHINE and a fresh northerly wind building up white horses out at sea gave a sparkling day for the handing over ceremony and dedication of Moelfre's new 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat,...
Category: Inaugurations
Who could help you find a lifeboat, build a scale model of one or even uncover the adventures of a former lifesaving craft?
There’s one branch of the RNLI whose members are brought together not...
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_Listing ABERDEEN ON-1248(17-24):Oct27 D-536:Oct 24,27; Nov 11 ABERDOVEY B-75& Sep 13,29;Oa 2.3(x2),22; Nov 23 ABERSOCH B-582: Sep 5,13.15,20 ABERYSTWYTH B-704;Sep 1.3,8,29(x2); Oct 3(x2),6.9(x3) ACHILL ISLAND ON-122B(14-24):Sep19; Oct 9...
Category: Services
ABERDEEN ON-124S(17-24):Mar 9,Apr 9.15 D-536:Mar 27,Apr 9 ABERSOCH B-790:Apr9(x2).10 ABERYSTWYTH B-704:Apr 22,25 ACHILL ISLAND ON-1240(14-28)Aprn AITH ON-123Z(17-14):)an 30,Mar 9,27 ALDEBURGH ON-ll93(l2-34):Feb11.
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Fishing vessel aground A DISTRESS CALL asking for lifeboat assistance from the fishing vessel Admiral Van Tromp was passed to the honorary secretary of Whitby lifeboat station by Whitby Coastguard at 0302 on Thursday, September 30, 1976; the...
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, on Wednesday, the 15th day of March, 1905, The Most Honourable The MARQUIS OF SALISBURY, P.O., C.B.,...
Category: Annual Reports
Friday, 17th November, 1922.
The Right Hon. The EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., in the Chair.
Reported the death of Rear-Admiral Hector B. Stewart, a Member of the Committee of Management for many years.
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AT the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Thursday, the 19th day of March, 1857, His Grace the DUKE of NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G., F.R.S., in the Chair, The following Report of the Committee...
Category: Annual Reports
66 Launches, 7 lives rescued, 21 vessels savedSEPTEMBER WAS USHERED IN by a Week of very high winds rising to gale and storm force—a week when there were many calls on the lifeboat service all round our coasts. Reports of boats in trouble...
Category: Services