LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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HILBHE ISLAND.—Having received intelligence that a yawl was in a very dangerous position close to the rocks on the west side of the island, on the 24th June, the Life-boat Admiral Briggs was launched at 12.40 p.m., and proceeded through a...
Peace
At 9 P.M.
on the 30th September distress rockets were seen in the direction of the Swin Middle light-vessel. The information was conveyed to the Coxswain of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 14, and rockets were fired to...
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1863
THE RIGHT HON. LORD LOVAINE, M.P., P.O., in the Chair.
!.•—Moved by the Chairman, and carried unanimously,— 1.—That the following noblemen and gentlemen be the Officers of the Institution for the current year:—(vide last...
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Feature: We Ask the Questions
Making RNLI history work for the futureHeritage is very important to the RNLI. It's not just about having a collection of lifeboats and equipment from yesteryear, it is also about social history. Over the years the RNLI has amassed a...
Category: Articles
A Village Life-Boat Day
(From Country Life.) THERE was a sound of men's voices singing, calls and cries, laughter and the ringing of a bell; everyone went to the windows. Through the new green leaves one could see in the road a little group of men and girls...
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Beating the Blowfish
Beating the Blowfish
By Emma Pontin
Review by
Julie Maskell
Beating the Blowfish is the real-life account of one woman’s battle with breast cancer while continuing her career as a...
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A Small Boat
On the afternoon of 6th April the Honorary Secretary was told by the Coastguard at the Manacles that a small boat near Manacles Buoy wanted help. Her main- mast and sails had been carried away.
The Pulling and Sailing...
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Ran I
Drifting in gale A DUTCH YACHT, the 42ft Ran I, reported at 2238 on Thursday June 4, 1981, that she was in difficulties in the vicinity of Shipwash Lightvessel; her engine had broken down and she was drifting in gale force winds. She had...
Carrying on Though Crippled
IN the last issue of The Life-boat two cases were recorded of ladies who had continued their work for the life-boat service when crippled by serious acci- dents. There is a third to be added to them. Miss Silvester, the honorary secretary of...
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