RAMSGATE.—On the 3rd April, 1882, at 11 A.M., the Bradford Life-boat proceeded, to the East Goodwin Light vessel, which was firing signal guns. The wind was blowing a strong breeze from the E. and there was a thick fog. On arriving at the...
Category: Services
On the 13th February, in response to signals from the Formby light vessel, the steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland put off and found the s.s. Lady Louisa, of and for Liverpool from Fleetwood, laden with gravel, on the edge of Taylor's...
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. — At 4.30 in the morning of the 19th of November, 1948, a telephone message was received from Vatersay Island asking for help to be sent for a maternity case. A south-east gale was blowing with a rough...
In May, 1970, when Mr. J. P. Morris, of Coventry, who is a keen member of the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society, was visiting Minehead, Somerset, he found IRB No. 177 being launched on exercise. This IRB is fitted with inner tubes. Older... - View image in PDF
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Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire - At 7 p.m. on May 29th, 1966, flares were reported in Aberdaron Bay. The IRB, which was launched at 7.5 in a calm sea, proceeded to Aberdaron and found the auxiliary yacht Perichole with engine trouble. The...
Again, on the 5th Nov., the schooner Mary Grace, of Whitstable, went on the South Cross Sand, during a strong wind from the S.W. and in a heavy sea. As the tide made, the sea broke over her, and she filled with water. The large Life- boat...
THE Institution has recently received two gifts from its own Crews out of money which had been received for the salvage of vessels—£3 from the Clacton Crew, which on 2nd January last saved the barge Decima with two men on board, and...
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Thanks to Alderney...
The RNLI has always been our favourite charity. During a Channel crossing on 19 June in our 29ft yacht we had good reason to be grateful for the support we and countless others have given the...
Category: Correspondence
Ix 1950 the Committee of Management of the Institution resolved that life- boat stations which had been pre- sented with a vellum to commemorate the completion of a hundred years would be presented with another to mark the completion of a...
Category: Articles
FLEETWOOD.—On the 29th August, at about 5 A.M., it was reported that a vessel was in distress on Bernard's Wharf, a sandbank situated about 2i miles E.N.E.
of Fleetwood, and the Life-boat Edward Wasey was accordingly...