LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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APRIL 10TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At about 6.50 P.M. the naval authorities reported that a tug was ashore on the North GoodwinSands. A strong N.N.E. breeze was blowing and the sea was rough. The motor life-boat Prudential was launched at 7.5 P.M...
Lasting Legacies
The RNLI was left two extraordinarily generous gifts in Wills – £1M each – over the Winter.
Hugh and Molly Brown from Kinghorn (pictured) were longtime supporters of the RNLI. Their friend Charles Ritchie said: ‘Hugh...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 4th April. The Eight Hon. EARL PERCY, P.C., President, in the Chair.
Bead and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
Category: Committee
Al Kwather I (1)
Arduous service for two lifeboats called to Ro-Ro ferry in severe weatherCoxswain David Kennett of Yarmouth lifeboat has been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal for gallantry for the rescue of two men from a merchant vessel in winds...
Program
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Westward Ho!
Our summer break at Littlehampton was a little longer than anticipated perhaps due to a reluctance to depart before there was some progress to report on the new boathouse project. It is now some two years since discussions started on the...
Category: Articles
The Cross Sands Lightvessel
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk - At 1.29 a.m. on 14th April, 1968, the honorary secretary learnt that there was a sick man on board the Cross Sands lightvessel. The lifeboat Khami with a doctor on board slipped her moorings at 2 o'...
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NOVEMBER 11TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
At about 11 A.M. the police reported that two men were in the sea off the North Shore Boating Pool. A strong westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat...
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SEPTEMBER 5TH. - YOUGHAL, CO. CORK. The honorary secretary heard a shout for help from a man swimming a long way from the shore in heavy breakers, and the motor life-boat Laurana Sarah Blunt was launched at 1.27 P.M. When she reached the...
Mrs. Talbot-Cadow, of Carlisle
MRS. W. TALBOT-CADOW, of Carlisle, died on the llth of February. She had been an active and successful honorary worker for the Life-boat Service for twenty-eight years. It was in 1923 that she became president of the Car- lisle and district...
Category: Obituaries