During a moderate E.S.E. gale on the 1st January signals of distress were observed at 9.30 A.M. on a schooner lying at anchor in Rosslare Bay. The crew of the Life-boat Tom and Jennie were assembled, and in a heavy sea the boat proceeded to...
Rosslare Harbour, Wexford - At 1.45 p.m. on 7th November, 1966, the Tuskar Rock lighthouse keeper informed the honorary secretary that a submerged cabin cruiser had been reported in the vicinity of the rock. The life-boat Douglas Hyde...
AUGUST 9TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At nine in the evening a telephone message from the military lookout post at Greenore Point reported that the motor fishing boat Patriot, of Wexford, appeared to have broken down and to be flying...
The signals of distress from the Newarp Light-vessel on the 26th January were also seen at Caister, and as they continued the No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden was launched. When crossing the Scroby Sands signals of distress were observed about...
— On the 19th March the yacht Holly Lise was cap- sized and the motor life-boat rescued one of her crew.—Rewards, £8 10s.; bronze medal to Robert C. Brown, assistant motor mechanic, with vellum, grant of £1 and 16s. lid. for...
(Above) The last of the RNLI's pulling lifeboats, Robert and Ellen Robson, goes afloat again at Whitby: During lifeboat day demonstrations the combined ages of her 12-man crew came to 742 years.. - View image in PDF
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Hayling Island crew receive the RSPCA Certificate of Merit. Left to right: Kieran Kinsella, Paul Lewis, Colin Parke, Jayne Carter, Robert Briggs, Paul Williams (back) Chief Inspector RSPCA,Tony Green. Graham Raines Photo; Mr Lewis (Snr).<... - View image in PDF
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THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE On the 27th February, 1941, the Humber life-boat rescued the crew of eight of the balloon ship Thora.
COXSWAIN ROBERT CROSS was awarded a clasp to his bronze medal..
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AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Tuesday, the 14th day of March, 1871, His Grace the DUKE of NORTHUMBERLAND, P.O., D.C.L., President of the Institution, in the Chair, the...
Category: Annual Reports
Gateshead.
The Annual Meeting was held on the 1st June, the chair being taken by the Mayor (Alderman W. Clough). The report for the year ending the 30th September, 1920, showed that the Branch had raised a sum of nearly...
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