LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's lifebelt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy, 22 Ibs., to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...
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The Helwick Lightvessel
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 10.40 on the morning of the 16th of March, 1961, the Trinity House depot informed the honorary secretary that a doctor was needed on board the Helwick lightvessel.
The weather was fair. There was no...
Marie Leach
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 10.25 on the morning of the 23rd of May, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Marie Leach, with a crew of three, appeared to be in difficulties five miles north-west of...
Allegiance
CREW TRANSFERRED Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 9.24 a.m.
on i8th May, 1965^ the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been intercepted from Ilfracombe radio station that the motor vessel Saggat had...
Concordia
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 2nd ofJuly, 1959, the honorary secretary was informed that a trawler had broken down off Caldy Island. The coast- guard confirmed the report at 5.42 and the...
List of the Principal Rewards Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1859
Dec. 12, 1858. — The French lugger Louise Amelie, of Nantes, was wrecked, during a gale of wind, in Dundrum Bay. The Institution's lifeboat, stationed at Newcastle, put off and rescued the crew of 5 men.—Expense of service,...
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Norwegian Life-Boat Anniversary
Oslo is an ideal setting for a gathering of life-boats. The city lies at the head of a long narrow fjord with moderately high land on either side. There is no slum area and the quays are only a few minutes walk from the centre of the town....
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Old Life-Boats
IT is one of the unvarying rules of the Institution that the materiel of the Service shall be as perfect as it can be made. Only the best materials are used for the Life-boats and their gear; and everything is done, by careful andfrequent...
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Exhausting Cliff Service THE Barmouth, Merionethshire, IRB on 21st June, 1971, was requested to help in evacuating a badly injured woman who had fallen down cliff's at Friog. In view of the prevailing weather conditions the life-boat was...
Long Service Awards
THE LONG SERVICE BADGE, introduced from January 1 this year for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years more, has been awarded to: Aldeburgh Coxswain W. V. Burrell. BEM Second Coxswain S. Strowger Motor...
Category: Awards