LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Atlantic Storm and Rescue
THE accompanying graphic narrative of a fearful storm and a noble rescue in mid-Atlantic appeared some months ago in the Daily Telegraph under the signature of " Seafarer." No one can read this in- teresting account without feeling...
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As Reported In the October 1972 Issue of the Life-Boat the Rev George Waddington Formerly Chaplain to the St.Mary's Scilly Islands Life-Boat Has Moved to Pais
As reported in the October, 1972, issue Of THE LIFE-BOAT, the Rev. George Waddington, formerly chaplain to the St. Mary's, Scilly Islands, life-boat, has moved to Paisley and is sporting the R.N.L.I, crest on his ceremonial preaching... - View image in PDF
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The Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Captain the Honourable V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., Presenting the Gold Medal to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
The Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Captain the Honourable V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., presenting the gold medal to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, at the reception held at St. James's Palace, London, on 11th July, 1967, to commemorate her... - View image in PDF
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The Baby of the Fleet 25 Years on By Heather Deane Deputy Public Relations Officer
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND LAUNCHES—an average of 1,000 a year and the lives of nearly 11,000 men, women and children saved. This is the proud record of the 16ft (4.88m) D class inflatable lifeboat, preparing to celebrate her silver jubilee in...
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NOVEMBER 30TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. Bodies and wreckage had been washed ashore on Eriskay, but no vessel or survivors could be found. - Rewards, £10 8s. 6d..
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The R.N.L.I, Issues Three Medals—In Gold, Silver and Bronze. the Reverse Shows Three Men In a Life-Boat, One of Whom Is In the Act of Rescuing An Exhausted Man from the Waves. It Is Inscribed 'L
The R.N.L.I, issues three medals—in gold, silver and bronze. The reverse shows three men in a life-boat, one of whom is in the act of rescuing an exhausted man from the waves. It is inscribed 'Let not the deep swallow me up'. The... - View image in PDF
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David O' Connell, of Arklow
TYRELLA, DUNDRUM BAT, IRELAND.— During a whole gale of wind from S.S.E., on the 6th December, 1865, a schooner was seen endeavouring to beat out of Dundrum Bay. Owing to the heavy gale and the tre- mendous sea running, she failed in doing so...
New Organising Secretary for the Midlands
MR. D. L. HOBBS has been appointed Organising Secretary for the Midlands district.
Mr. Hobbs served during the war as a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm. For six years after the war he was in the Colonial Service in Malaya, and...
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The Hull Steam Trawler King's Grey
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 1.50 P.M.
on the 21st October, 1937, during a lift in a dense fog, a vessel was seen to run hard aground on the beach near the life-boat house. The wind was light and the sea slight. The motor...