LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Clarinda, of Sunderland
On the 3rd De- cember, the brig Clarinda, of Sunderland, was seen drifting along the coast to the north- ward of Sutton. A very heavy gale of wind was blowing, and the vessel appeared in a very distressed condition, with her. main- mast gone...
H.M. Motor Anti-Submarine Boat No. 25. and another Motor Boat
JANUARY 1 8 T H . - WALMER, KENT. A quarter of an hour after midnight a message came from Dover that two motor boats were aground near the East Goodwins, 2 1/4 miles from the No. 2 Buoy. The motor lifeboat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service...
Run to our rescue!
Entering a race or fun run in aid of the RNLI will help our lifesavers go to the rescue and boost your health. But if you’ve never run before or have fallen out of the habit, where do you...
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Casamance (2)
FEBRUARY 17TH. - HARTLEPOOL, AND SEAHAM, DURHAM, AND REDCAR, AND WHITBY, YORKSHIRE. Shortly after midnight a message came to the Hartlepool honorary secretary’s house from the coastguard that the life-boat was wanted. The honorary secretary...
Chums (1)
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Inaugural Ceremony at Maryport
ON 27th September the inaugural ceremony took place of the new motor life-boat which has been built for the station at Maryport, Cumberland. The new boat was welcomed by the Earl of Lonsdale, K.G., G.C.V.O., D.L., Hereditary Admiral of the...
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The Best Essay
By OSMOND PATTISON HANDFORD ROBB (14), Royal High School, Edinburgh.
Imagine that You have been Shipwrecked, and Rescued by a Life-boat. Describe Your Experiences.
THE sea was turbulent; a thick fog...
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Corgi
ORG CHESHIRE'S CHAMPION 'Jimmy' hit the roads in 1998 on a nationwide tour to raise funds for The Cancer Research Campaign. Since then, he's raised a six figure sum. With your help he'll do even...
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Wellington
PLYMOUTH and YEALM RIVER.—On the night of the 28th of January the Plymouth Life-boat Clemency and the Yealm River Life-boat Bowman went out in reply to signals of distress shown by the barque Wellington, of Windsor, N.S. The wind was blowing...
The Guernsey Life-Boat Station. Contribution from the States of Guernsey
As long ago as 1803 a Life-boat was stationed at St. Peter Port, in Guernsey, this being one of the boats built by Henry Greathead, the builder,'in 1789, of the first Life-boat. In 1861 the local Committee invited the Institution to take...
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