LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Jump from pier SOUTHEND STATION MECHANIC, Robert Chalk, was walking with two friends, Frederick Robinson (ILB crew) and Bernard Barton, near the lifeboathouse on Southend Pier at 0900 on Monday, November 25, 1974, when, looking into the sea...
Announcement
Announcement In this issue of THE LIFE-BOAT is an order form for R.N.L.I. Christmas cards and calendars and on page 175 details of new R.N.L.I. hand-made cuff-links and delectable R.N.L.I.
cook book mainly for the...
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Search for divers THE SUPPORT BOAT of a party of divers contacted the coastguard at 1355 on the afternoon of Sunday September 15, 1985, to say that two of their divers had not surfaced from their diving on the wreck of ss Teddington, about...
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures In 1985 RNLI lifeboats have so far launched 1,834 times, saving 762 lives.
In 1984 lifeboats launched 3,613 times (an average of nearly ten times a day) and saved 1,330 lives (an average of over three...
Category: Articles
Dog Watch:
Dog watch: one of these two is Second Coxswain David Lemonius of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, lifeboat. The other is an imposter named Willum.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Royal Bank of Scotland
Carry the card that helps save lives at sea No fee in first calendar year* Save up to £60 when you transfer a balance from another card** £5 donation tO RNLI when your account is opened - contribute to RNLI every time you use your...
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Constance
OCTOBER 17TH. - HOYLAKE , CHESHIRE. During the evening the lifeboat telephone messenger saw flares in the Hilbre Swash, bearing approximately 300° from the life-boat house, and reported them to the coastguard. Then, at 7.32 P.M., the...
Patrons and Staff of the Travellers Rest Public House
Bunk holiday fund raising activities raised £757 for the New Brighton lifeboat station. Patrons and staff of the Travellers Rest public house and Reflections on Marine Promenade, New Brighton, had an added treat when the inshore... - View image in PDF
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Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Grain) Act, 1880
PERHAPS Mr. Plimsoll, in the interest of Saving Life at Sea, has done no more useful thing than pressing on the atten- tion of Parliament the necessity for addi- tional precautions and legal requirements to prevent the shifting of grain and...
Category: Articles
Samphire and Monsoon
Called out twice FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1987, found Scotland's Banffshire coast in the grip of force 6-7 east-south-easterly winds and rough seas, with overcast skies and rain squalls adding to the wintry scene.
At 1939 the...