LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rescue During Convalescence
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bawtree of Porthleven have received a letter of thanks signed by the Chairman of the Committee of Management, Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham- Quin, R.N., for rescuing two boys who had been cut off by the tide at Gillan...
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damage. He also felt it would be too dangerous to try to close alongside.
Instead, he instructed his crew to prepare a tow and moved the lifeboat, stern-first, towards the casualty's port bow. The occupants could be...
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Edmond Hugo Stinnes
The Humber, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 29th January the Spurn Point Royal Naval Shore Signal Station telephoned that the steamer Edmond Hugo Stinnes, of Hamburg, had sent out a wireless message that she was in distress, with a broken...
Photographs Which Capture the True Nature the Weather In Which Lifeboats Operate Are Rare
Photographs which capture the true nature of the weather in which lifeboats operate are rare - but this picture of the Portrush (Ireland Division) Arun Richard Evans (Civil Service No.39) on 13 February 1989 certainly does.
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Lord Forster Presenting the Vellum to Miss Stephenson, of Boulmer
Beside Miss Stephenson is Mrs. Stanton. Behind her from the front of the platform to the back are: Coxswain Cross (Humber), Coxswain Dobson (Donna Nook), and Coxswain Fleming (Gorleston). On the front row of the platform from left to right... - View image in PDF
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The President Garfield
The ketch Presi- dent Garfield, of Bidef ord, was proceeding to sea from Bude at about 8.40 A.M. on the 14th March, in a moderate N.E.
breeze and considerable ground swell.
On the vessel reaching the bar,...
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Aberdeen. Grampian 54ft Amn ON 1050: July 3 D class: July 5 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: June 17, 18,26, July 7, 15 and 30 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: July 22 Aith, Shetland 52ft Arun ON 1100: July 7 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft 6in Rather...
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LIFEBOAT SERVICES AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1993 Aberdeen, Grampian 54ft Arun ON W50: Aug 20, Oct 10 and 18 D class Oct 8 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Aug 19, 25, Sept 3 and 7 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Aug 2,12 (twice), 15 Sept 4...
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Swimmers from Life-Boats
ONCE many life-boatmen considered it an unlucky gift to swim too well but since those days things have changed. For well over a year now the R.N.L.I, has been evaluating the use of swimmers from life-boats, as well as the kind of special...
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God Help Our Men at Sea!
God help our men at sea! In firelit, pictured rooms, 'mid wine and flowers, And gleesome company, The wild winds awe us, in our blithest hours, To sigh this prayer; God help our men at sea ! I had a brother once. Our love ne'er...
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