LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat House
The boats of the ROTAL NATIONAL LIFB-BOAT IHSTITUTIOH and all belonging to them are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains and under the general superintendence of local honorary committees...
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Book Reviews
MR. C. R. BENSTEAD in Shallow Waters (Robert Hale, 21/-), has produced an engaging, lustily written account of almost anything which may happen and has happened in the coastal waters of Britain. His range is extensive.
On...
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
PALLING, NORFOLK.—About 1 A.M.
on the 9th March the schooner Vixen of Fowey was wrecked on the beach about two and a half miles to the north of Palling. She was laden with burnt ore and was bound from London to the Tyne....
Category: Services
Marina
Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 1st of February, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Marina needed help as her engine had broken down off Pakefield. The life-boat Michael Stephens...
Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Doveton Sturdee, BT., on Board the French Life-Boat
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Doveton Sturdee Bt On Board The French Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Books
SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED THE HISTORY OF THE LONGHOPE LIFEBOATS THE STORY OF THE FLEETWOOD LIFEBOATS Written and published by Jeff Morris Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society Jeff Morris is by now well-known for his...
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, 9th Juno, 1904.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Head and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
Orenda
Salcombe, Devon.—At 1.50 early on the morning of the 27th of October, 1956, the Hope Cove coastguard tele- phoned that the yacht Orenda, which was between one and two miles west of Prawle Point, had signalled that two men on board were...
Sea Breezes and Starfish II
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 1.30 p.m. on 30th June, 1964, the honorary secretary was told that a skiff with three people on board was in dangerous water off Mexico Beach. At 1.31 inshore rescue boat no. 5 launched in a moderate northwesterly...
Famous
CREW WERE SAFE Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 4.10 a.m. on loth November, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the m.f.v. Famous was ashore on Station Point. There was a light north-easterly breeze with a slight sea, and the...