LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Medals of the National Shipwreck Institution
WE have had frequent opportunities to witness the high value which our own countrymen attach to the medals of this Institution, some 600 of which have been voted to them for acts of gallantry; and we have much satisfaction in extracting the...
Category: Medals
Ra (1)
On service in thick fog without radar A service to a yacht, unsure of its position in very dense fog and running low on fuel off Arran was conducted by the Campeltown lifeboat, with support from the Arran inshore lifeboat, in poor visibility...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, llth Sept., 1862.—Capt. Sir EDWARD PERROTT, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Bead and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees.<...
Category: Committee
Prototype of the Experimental Rnli Medina 35 Lifeboat
IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, the RNLI has been exploring the possibilities of introducing intermediate lifeboats into its fleet: fast boats of about 35 feet in length, essentially simple but with outstanding seakeeping qualities, which would...
Category: Articles
A Vessel
This Life-boat was also afloat all the night of the 25th November, in conse- quence of distress signals being exhibited from the lightship, from which it was subsequently ascertained that the vessel which had required aid had got off the...
A Small Sailing Dinghy
Torbay, Devonshire.—10th September, 1939. A small sailing dinghy, which had left Paignton at two in the afternoon had not returned at ten that night, but it was learned later that she had got in safely.—Rewards, £9 13s..
£1,175.000 Trent Class Lifeboat (Below)
Legacies large or small can provide a wide range of vital equipment, whether it be a £2.000 GPS satellite navigator, a £13,000 electronic chan system, a bump cap at £7 (all shown abovelorad.175.000 Trent class lifeboat (below/... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Yacht (1)
29th October.
A yacht was reported to be in distress, but it was found to be a large floating tree trunk.—Rewards, £8 11*. 3d..
A Trawler (3)
MCH. 8TH. - BALTIMORE, CO. CORK.
A trawler’s engine had broken down, but she had put it right and went on her way without help. - Rewards, £21 1s..
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OCT. 16TH. - AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND.
A barrage balloon was reported tohave fallen into the sea, but the life-boat could find no trace of it. - Rewards, £11 8s..