LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The American Steamer John P. Doe, of Baltimore
MARCH 25TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 8.15 at night the Deal coastguard telephoned that a vessel was aground on the mainland near the South Foreland. A moderate southeasterly breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth, but there was thick fog. The...
A Dutchman's Gift.
A Dutchman in London, unable to send his usual subscription of £10 tc his own life-boat Service in the Netherlands, has sent it instead to the Institution..
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Grim But Glorious: the Days of Oar and Sail By Ray Kipling Public Relations Officer Rnli
WRITING ABOUT LIFEBOATS JS HCVer easy.
To many people, every lifeboat rescue is an act of heroism, carried out in a tortuous battle against the elements; to lifeboatmen, even the worst conditions are modestly played down...
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Rosemary, The Premier, The Betty, The Rachel and four more Boats
SEVERAL COBLES ESCORTED IN ROUGH SEA Scarborough, Yorkshire. During the early morning of the 16th January, 1963, the easterly wind increased to gale force and anxiety was felt for the safety of six local fishing boats which were still at sea...
Elephants and beer goggles
Trying to persuade teenagers that water safety is cool isn’t easy but 20-year-old volunteer Tery Connor has it sussed …
‘I have a passion for working with young people and considerable...
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Louisa, of Bristol
On the 1st January, whilst the ship Louisa, of Bristol, was being towed over Bideford Bar by two steamers during a strong gale from W.S.W., the hawser attached to one steamer break- ing, and the towing-gear of the other giving way, she let...
Avon
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 3.9 in the afternoon of the 17th of March, 1949, the Gorleston coastguard telephoned that the Great Yarmouth steam trawler^won, half a mile off the harbour, had asked for a boat to...
The Life-Boat
The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat...
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Balance Sheet. 31st December, 1892
£ t. d. £ . d.
To Blake Life-boat Maintenance Fnnd:— Balance from 1891 7 15 9 Dividends received in 1892 49 10 - 57 5 9 Amount expended thereout 13 10 5 43 15 4 „ Blake Life-boat Reward...
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The Fishwives of Cullercoats
The fishwives of Cullercoats last year collected £259. One fishwife, Mrs.
B. Mattison, alone collected over £258 of that total, a record sum for one collector; and the Institution has since had £ig from the R...
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