LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sketch of the Progress Made In the Construction of Coast Life-Boats. 1785-1900. No. 8
THESE remains but one type of Life-boat to which reference is necessary to com- plete the description of those boats which are propelled either by sail or oars. The Cromer type bears so strong a resemblance to the Liverpool Life- boats that...
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The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
THE beautiful obverse of this medal, executed by the late L. C. WYOIT, Esq., represents the bust of QUEEN VICTORIA, Her Majesty's locks gracefully waving and gathered in a...
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The Life-Boats of the United Kingdom
LXVIII. HARWICH.—The Springwett, 45 feet by 11 feet, 12 oars.
HARWICH, standing on the extremity of a tongue of land or narrow peninsula pro- jecting into the estuary of the rivers Stour and Orwell, is said to have risen...
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Tinker
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 7.5 on the morning of the 21st of September, 1953, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht anchored two miles north-east of the Nore Towers had asked for a tow. At 7.30 the life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No...
Notes of the Quarter
In his report on the past year's work at the Annual General Meeting of the Institution, which is given on page 70, Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham- Quin, R.N., the Chairman, described the past year as one of outstanding success in the...
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Services of the Life-Boats In April, May and June. 145 Lives Rescued
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An Aeroplane (12)
APRIL 1 5TH. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only oil and wreckage were found.
Two bodies had already been picked up by a patrol vessel. - Rewards, £4 7s....
An Aeroplane (15)
APRIL 30TH. - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only oil and wreckage were found.
- Rewards, £4 13s..
The Loss Of A Comrade
The loss of a comrade It is almost 10 years since RNLI Coxswain Hewitt Clark and Coastguard Winchman Billy Deacon attended the Green Lily, struggling in ferocious conditions off the Shetland Isles. Only one of these two brave men was to...
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The Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards May 10th 1988
Each year, as supporters of the RNLI make their way home from the Institution's annual meeting and presentation of awards, there is a feeling that surely the achievements of that year cannot be bettered.
Yet, each year...
Category: Meetings