LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Brave Swimmer. Award of Bronze Medal
Ix the early afternoon of 27th August last a small steamer. Kendy, of Cardiff, got into difficulties off Porthcawl in Glamorganshire, and foundered. The Crew took to the boat, but it capsized, and, with the men clinging to it, drifted...
Category: Medals
The Duke of Northumberland's Prize Life-Boat Essay Competition
THIS year's competition, tie fifth to be held, proved, on the whole, still more successful than last year's, when the competition was revived after an inter- val of three years.
Nine hundred and forty-seven schools...
Category: Articles
Income and Expenditure for 1930
Life-boats:- EXPENDITURE. £ ,. d. s ». d.
New Life-boats for the following stations :—On account — Ballycotton, Berwiek-on-Tweed, BridJington, Campbeltown, Clacton, Clogher Head, Cloughey, Dover,...
Category: Accounts
Tic Tac and Fishing Boats Sea Breeze, Kingfisher and Mary Arden
New Quay, Cardiganshire - At 9.30 a.m. on ist October, 1966, four local fishing boats were still at sea between New Quay and Aberystwyth, when a storm was reported. The life-boat St.
Albans was launched at 9.42 in a gale...
Arun Development
SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES gathering momentum over the past 30 years have pushed back the horizon of the seafaring man.
High-powered marine diesel engines, allied with modern hull design, have given him speed with reliability...
Category: Articles
Award of Medals, Gratuities, Etc
THE following is a list of the cases in which the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has voted Honorary or Pecuniary Rewards, to persons who have been instrumental in saving lives during the year 1854-5.
April 23,...
Category: Medals
Front Cover
A contrast in conditions for Lerwick's Severn class Michael and Jane Vernon. The main photo shows her on trials before going on station while the inset shows her alongside Green Lily in Force 11 winds. The service won her coxswain Hewitt... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
1994 Awards
The following coxswains, crew members and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement. Those entitled to them under the Institution's regulations were also awarded an annuity, gratuity or pension. Service in...
Category: Awards
A Trawler (1)
Horrific conditions for two lifeboats Clogher Head and Newcastle 's Mersey class lifeboats were launched in winds of Storm Force 10 to Hurricane Force 12 on 3 February 1994 when an 80ft trawler reported that she was taking water and...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1899
1899.
Jan.
Lives saved, Seaham Life-boat saved......11 3 2 1. 0. 5 a.m. S.S. Niord, of Randers.
2. 4.30 p.m. Schooner Ann Jane, Holyhead Steam Life-boat saved „ 2. 5.30 p.m. Ketch...
Category: Services