LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Milton Lockhart
A Successful service was performed by the Life-boat B. Wood, of this station, on the 26th January, on which occasion 15 men were saved from the barque Milton Lockhart, of North Shields. It was blowing fresh with a heavy sea at the time of...
Richard Emily, of Highbridge
It was blowing hard at N.W. on the 15th Sept. when the Life-boat Cheltenham was launched from this station to the assistance of the schooner Hwhard and Emily, of High- bridge, which was in distress seven miles from Burnham. The Life-boat...
Launching By Haul-Off Warp
The Haul-off Warp is used at nineteen stations, where the life-boats are launched off the open beach. It is a very effective method of getting the life-boat through the inshore breakers which might otherwise knock her back on the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mablethorpe Guild
An Easter egg, so large it would have defeated Goliath, was raffled by Mablethorpe guild, raising £221.80. The chocolate egg weighed in at 14lbs and stood 18 inches high. The guild has not been in existence long but in 1984 was able to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Statistically Speaking
The Institution is re-analysing its records to investigate the causes of loss of life at sea. Some interesting facts are emerging.The RNLI exists for one simple reason - to save lives at sea. In the pursuit of that seemingly simple goal it...
Category: Articles
Castrol Ltd
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The American Steamer Byron Darnton, of Baltimore (1)
MARCH 16TH - 17TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE, AND PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. Soon after eleven o’clock on the night of the 16th the Southend coastguard reported to the Campbeltown life-boat station that a ship was ashore...
The S.S. Mayflower
Hoylake, Cheshire.—At 5.30 A.M. on the 22nd April, 1939, the coastguard reported that t'u s.s. Mayflower, of Liverpool, loaded with stone, on passage from Penmaenmawr, North Wales, to Liverpool, had gone aground on East Hoyle Bank at 2 A...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Appeal
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