LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Boat (2)
APRIL 29TH. - EYEMOUTH, BERWICKSHIRE, AND BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At midnight on the 28th of April information was received that a small boat with one man in it, and only one oar, had been swept out of the harbour by the ebb...
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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The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
A FFINIT V WITH AFFINITY WITH 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 make.
Not only will...
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RESCUE
HUMPBACK WHALE FREED
DART/SALCOMBE | 22 MARCH
RNLI crew never quite know what to expect when they’re called out – this time it was an 8m humpback whale trapped
n fishing gear. The lifeboats helped...
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Lifeboat Open Days 1984 Poole
Poole Headquarters and Depot Thursday July 19 Friday July 20 Saturday July 21 10 am—6 pm 10 am—6 pm 10 am—6 pm FOR ITS 160th anniversary year, the RNLFs head office and depot will once again be open to the public and there will be an...
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The S.S. Mount Taygetus
OC T O B E R 1 3 T H . - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 11.16 A.M. the coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Mount Taygetus of Piraeus, of over 3,000 tons, hadstranded about a mile S.E. of The Mumbles Head. A strong S.E. wind was blowing,...
The Barges Ailsa, Britisher, Cetus, Decima, Royalty, Raybell and Una
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—On the 23rd November, 1938, the motor life-boat helped to save the barges Ailsa and Britisher, with their crews numbering four; rescued the crews, four men in all, of the barges Cetus...
A Dutch Life-Boat Service
THOSE who were in London during the centenary celebrations of the Institution in July, 1924, will remember seeing on the Thames the Dutch Twin-screw Motor Life-boat Brandaris, which is just two inches longer than our largest type—the 60-foot...
Category: Services
While St.Mary's New Arun Was at Poole Before Sailing
While St Mary's new Arun was at Poole before sailing for the Scilly Islands she was visited by her donor, Mrs Esme Edgar, who in a small private ceremony named the lifeboat Robert Edgar. Coxswain Matthew Lethbridge and some of his crew... - View image in PDF
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Pilot Me (1)
Whitby, Yorkshire. — In the early morning of the 15th of November, 1947, several fishing vessels had put to sea in moderate weather, but wind and sea increased, the boats returned, and by 7.30 all had got safely into har- bour except the...