LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Meet Monte, rescued by Henry Blogg Page 12 The Annual Presentation of Awards 1956 Page 15 Portsmouth crew venture into icy waters Page 26 News Including learning to be SAFE, a station closes, and a supporter competition Feature: Cromer's...
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Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the National Life-Boat Institution
No. of When No. | STATION. Length. Breadth. Oare. Station* ENGLAND. Ft. ID. Ft. in. 1 NORTHUMBERLAND BERWICK-ON-TWEED - - -: ...
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Furthest North: Aith and Lerwick Lifeboat Stations Shetland By Joan Davies
THULE? The most remote land sighted by the Romans? Was it Shetland? Perhaps. Certainly Shetland is the most northerly of the British Isles and Aith and Lerwick, both lying above latitude 60 degrees north, are the most northerly of the...
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Schools for Sailors. First Article
EVERYTHING that concerns the moral welfare and improvement of the sailor is of primary importance to a Maritime Power, such as that of the British Empire. Her strength and her commercial prosperity are alike dependent on her strength at sea,...
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The Fundraisers
Clem 1, RNLI 250 A chance meeting with Ray Clemence, former England, Liverpool and Tottenham goalkeeper, raised £250.27 for the Clapham, Battersea and Wandsworth branch.
Joe Perry, a set builder for TV shows, met Ray...
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 7th October, 1886.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the pre- vious Meeting. Also read those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck...
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Silver Medal for Sheringham Coxswain
AT 8.20 on the morning of the 31st of October, 1956, the Sheringham honorary secretary, Brigadier A. L.
Kent Lemon, learnt from the Cromer coastguard that the S.S. Wimbledon, a ship of 1598 tons, had reported by radio that...
Category: Services
Island Aruns: Naming Ceremonies at Port St.Mary Isle of Man July 21 and Yarmouth Isle of Wight July 24
A LIFEBOAT NAMING CEREMONY is always a happy occasion for a station, its supporters, and, indeed, the whole local community, but that at Port St Mary, Isle of Man, had a particularly pleasurable aspect. For while the RNLI has many lifeboats...
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Lifeboat Classified
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On November 19 1933 Longhope Lifeboat Went to Help Icelandic Trawler Geysir of Reykjavik Grounded on Torness Point Pentland Firth Among 15 People Rescued
On November 19, 1933, Longhope lifeboat went to help Icelandic trawler Geysir of Reykjavik, grounded on Torness Point, Pentland Firth. Among 15 people rescued was 19-year-old Sigridur Johannesdottir, daughter of one of the boat's owners.... - View image in PDF
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