LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
BELONGING TO on IN CONNECTION WITH T STATION. Length. Breadth. No. of Oars. When Stationed £ or Named. ENGLAND. Ft. In. Ft. In. NORTHUMBERLAND BERWICK-OS-TWEED - - - 37 - 8 - 12 1888 HOLY...
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Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To THOMAS TALLON, on his retirement, after serving for 4 years as coxswain, 11J years as second coxswain, and previously 18J years as bowman of the Clogher Head life- boat, a coxswain's certificate of service, and a gratuity in lieu of a...
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The Register of Wrecks for 1863
THE Return of the Registrar-general of Seamen, recently published, shows that during the past year 413,972 vessels—representing a tonnage of nearly 62 millions— entered inwards and cleared outwards from British ports. The estimated value of...
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Right and It's Goodbye from Him'
Right And it's Goodbye from him...' A Coastguard helicopter makes a farewell flypast after one of the joint winching displays with an inshore lifeboat. The Coastguard also mounted a comprehensive shore-side display of their search... - View image in PDF
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Fishing Boats and Gigs Robert Henry, Children's friend and Boy Willie
ST. IVES, CORNWALL.—Early on the morning of the 21st January several fishing-boats left the harbour, and whilst they were in the bay the wind suddenly increased to a very heavy gale from the N.N.E., with a tremendous sea on the ridge. At...
The Examination Vessel Thistle
MAY 8TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 8.40 in the morning the naval base telephoned, through the coastguard, that a heavy explosion had occurred where the examination vessel Thistle had last been seen, and the motor life-boat...
The Admiralty Motor Launch 1054
OCTOBER 11TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
At 7.20 in the evening the coastguard reported that red flares had been seen by the post of the Royal Observer Corps.
The motor life-boat The Princess Royal - Civil...
Shoreline
JUST A YEAR AGO—that was when the appeal to raise the cost of a Rother class lifeboat to be named Shoreline was first launched. And what has happened in those twelve months? Well, for a start, membership has risen by neatly a third, from...
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Silver Jubilee Fleet Review
SPITHEAD, TUESDAY, JUNE 28: When her Majesty The Queen, aboard HMY Britannia, reviewed the Fleet as part of the celebrations marking her Silver Jubilee, three lifeboats of the Royal National Life-boat Institution were proud to take their...
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The Life-Boats of the United Kingdom
LV. GREAT YARMOUTH.—The Abra- ham Thomas, 28 feet by 9 feet, 10 oars.
LVI. CAISTER. The Covent Garden, 42 feet by 11J feet, 14 oars.
LVII. Ditto. The Godsend, 33JL feet by 10 feet, 12 oars.
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