LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
United States Life-Saving Service
THERE were 272 stations embraced in the Life-saving Establishment of the United States at the close of the fiscal year which terminated on the 30th June, 1902. Of this number 195 were situated on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 60 on the...
Category: Articles
Better than fiction
Neil Oliver’s fascination with daring deeds has led him to champion the RNLI – and he’s been in deep water himself a few times, as he tells Rory Stamp
With his rich Scots accent and long black hair, broadcaster, writer and...
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All In a Day's Work
All in a day's work Following a 20 hour search at sea for a missing Polperro fisherman on Sunday, 8 January 2000, some of the Fowey lifeboat crew headed straight off to London for the unveiling of a portrait of themselves and their... - View image in PDF
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'One of the Dutch Boats Described Was a Fast Rescue Launch Built at the Yards of Messrs. Vosper Thorneycroft In England, With a Speed of 28 Knots' (For More Details See Page 170).
'One of the Dutch boats described was a fast rescue launch built at the yards of Messrs. Vosper Thorneycroft in England, with a speed of 28 knots' (for more details see page 170).. - View image in PDF
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Awards to Honorary Workers
Chairman of the Bradford Branch, and also of his work as Chairman of the Bradford Life-boat Bazaar, has been elected a Vice- President of the Institution.
The following awards have also been made :—• To the Rev. T. N....
Category: Awards
M.V. Cantonad
Storm search BRIXHAM COASTGUARD asked the honorary secretary of St Peter Port lifeboat station at 2030 on Thursday January 4 to put the lifeboat on stand by for MV Cantonad, a 2,200 ton Greek freighter with a crew of 16, reported listing...
Contents
Contents Volume XLIII Number 446 Price 15p Chairman: COMMANDER F. R. H. SWANN, OBE, RNVR Secretary: CAPTAIN NIGEL DIXON, RN Notes of the Quarter by the Editor Edwin Distin Chairman's New Year Message ..
Commemorative...
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Helmsman R Alan Forrester
Helmsman R. Alan Forrester has been a member of Flint D class inflatable lifeboat crew since 1971; he was awarded the bronze medal in 1983.. - View image in PDF
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The Christmas Gales. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Life-Boat's Four Launches In One Day
THE gales at the end of October and November were followed by rough weather at the end of December, with heavy gales on Christmas night and the following day. During the seven days of the Christmas week, from 21st December to 27th December,...
Category: Services
The Danish Fishing Vessel, J. N. Fibiger, of Hirtshals
OCTOBER 14TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
About 9.20 at night the life-boat watchman reported a vessel aground on the Binks, but she got off and steamed south-east only to stop on the Outer Binks. Half an hour later the port...