LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Greek Freighter Athina B.
Twenty-six rescued HM COASTGUARD at Shoreham MRSC telephoned the honorary secretary of Shoreham Harbour lifeboat station at 0817 on Monday January 21 asking that the lifeboat be placed on standby; a merchant vessel, the 3,500-ton Greek...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
HOLYHEAD.—The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was called out on service on the morning of the 26th Jan., 1893, signals of distress having been shown by the schooner Sarah, of and from Fowey for Runcorn, which had stranded on the...
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Prime Minister of New Zealand Landed By a Life-Boat
ON October 30th the Atlantic Fleet gave a battle practice display off Portland which was witnessed by" the Prime Ministers of the Dominions.
After the display, the H.1VL Destroyer Westminster took Mr. Coates, the Prime...
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The British Steamer Magdapur Sunk By Enemy Action Off' Aldeburgh Suffolk on September 10 1939 It Mix the First Wartime Service Carried Out By the Rnli the Photo
The British steamer Magdapur sunk by enemy action off' Aldeburgh, Suffolk, on September 10, 1939. It mix the first wartime service carried out by the RNLI. The photograph was taken by the then motor mechanic of the local... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The War Record Year by Year
The 3rd of September, 1939, to the 8th of May, 1945 Year 1939 from 3rd Sept.) 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944.
1945 Totals Launches of Lifeboats to ships in distress on account of the War 200 640 481 244 249 280 118 2,212 Total...
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At about 2 o'clock on the morning of the 6th January three of the fishing cobles belonging to Flamborough put out to sea. About three hours later, when the boats were five miles from home, the N.N.W. wind...
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Queen of the Isles
GORLESTON.—In response to signals of distress on the 15th October the Mark Lane Life-boat was launched at about 7.30 P.M., and found they had been shown by the three-masted schooner Queen of the Isles, of Wick, bound from. Tonsberg, Norway...
The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
AFFINITY WITH The RoVal Bank 7M of Scotland pic DO YOU USE A CREDIT CARD? If you do, or you are considering re-arranging your finances in any way you could be helping directly to fund the RNLI with every transaction you...
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Franz Schubert
TWO WERE HELPED At 8 p.m. on the same day the coxswain was told that a vessel was ashore between Dumpton and Ramsgate. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis left her moorings at 8.15 taking the boarding boat with her.
There...
A Russian Seaman Took This Photograph As the Duchess of Kent Lifeboat (Arrowed) Was Overturned By a Huge Wave. on the Right the Only Survivor—Mr. Jackson Buchan—Is Shown Landing from Th
A Russian seaman took this photograph as the Duchess of Kent lifeboat (arrowed) was overturned by a huge wave. On the right the only survivor—Mr. Jackson Buchan—is shown landing from the Buckle lifeboat after being picked up by a Russian... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs