LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Legislative Enactments and Benevolent Associations for the Benefit of British Seamen
IN a lecture recently delivered, and since published, by Rear-Admiral Sir WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY, entitled " A Lecture on the Character, Condition, and Responsibilities of British Seamen," will be found the following abstract of the...
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Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and figures Provisional statistics as at 31 July, 1988, show that so far this year.
The RNLI's lifeboats have been launched 1,690 times (an average of more than eight launches a day) More than 500 lives have been...
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Boy on cliffs AT 2133 ON SUNDAY, June 27, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Holyhead lifeboat station that a boy had fallen 200 feet down the cliffs and into the sea at North Stack but had swum back to the cliffs and had...
Cover Picture
In this issue there are reports of four inshore lifeboat services to people cut off by the tide or trapped in cliffs or caves; it is a type of service for which ILBs are admirably suited but which may have to be carried out in hazardous... - View image in PDF
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The Fishing Trawler Ros Aluinn
Howth, Co. Dublin. At 10.30 on the morning of the 12th of March, 1958, the coxswain heard on his radio that the fishing trawler Ros Aluinn of Howth had lost her rudder and was in need of help.At 11.10 the life-boat R.P.L. put out in a rough...
People and Places
Birthday Honours The following have been honoured by Her Majesty The Queen in the recent Birthday Honours: For services to the RNLI QBE Dr Bill Guild - Life Vice President of the Committee of Management and an Honorary Life Governor (former...
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Mechanic's medal
‘ He risked his life to get us out’
When two young people found themselves trapped in a cave facing a surging, rising tide, would anyone be able to find them – and get them to safety?
The afternoon of 5...
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His Last Message.
To each of the three annual meetings of the Institution since the outbreak of war The Duke of Kent sent a message of congratulation. The last of these messages was read by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, when he...
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The Duke of Atholl Chairman of the Rnli
The Duke of Atholl Chairman of the Rnli. - View image in PDF
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A mother's tale
A mother grieving for her drowned son is helping the RNLI to raise awareness of water safety
Plamen Petkov had appeared to be like any other visitor to the beach, until he drowned saving the...
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