LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Annual Report
AT the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Thursday, the 18th day of March, 1858, Vice-Admiral the DUKE of NORTHUMBERLAND, KG., F.R.S., in the Chair, The following Report of the...
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Charlie Hodson Observes Rule of Passage
Charlie Hodson observes rule of passage-making number three, grab some sleep when you can, as The Princess Royal makes 17 knots in a seaway.. - View image in PDF
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A Small Boat
SUNDERLAND, SOUTH PIER.—On Sunday morning, 2nd September, ' three young men put off in a small boat from Sunder land for a pleasure trip. When they started the wind was blowing from the N.W. and the sea was choppy, but afterwards the...
Signals for Life-Boat Stations
THE want having been often felt of some general system of signals for intercommu- nication, on occasions of shipwreck, between life-boat stations when within signal distance of each other, the Committee have caused the following simple plan...
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Dasher
Longhope Coxswain Kevin Kirkpatrick and Thurso Second Coxswain Duncan Munro received the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum for two separate services on the same stormy day (mentioned in the winter 2004/05 issue of the Lifeboat)....
Reunion at Torbay In May for Five Retired Coxswains and One Retired Motor Mechanic (I to R) Coxswain Frederick Sanders Motor Mechanic Richard Harris Coxswain
Reunion at Torbay in May for five retired coxswains and one retired motor mechanic.
(I. to r.) Coxswain Frederick Sanders, Motor Mechanic Richard Harris, Coxswain Henry Thomas, Coxswain Abraham Bartlett, Coxswain Harold... - View image in PDF
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Bottom Left: Yes. They Are Good Friends
Bojjom left: Yes. they are good friends but that has nothing to do with this manoeuvre!. - View image in PDF
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West Mersea, Essex. At about 4.30 p.m. on 2oth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that three people were stranded on a sandbank at Point Gear on the River (Seine. At 4.30 the IRB launched in a ftesh north-westerly...
Fig 3: the Twin General Motors 8V-71 Marine Diesel
Fig. 3: The twin General Motors 8V-71 marine diesel engines, having completed bench trials, are ready to be lifted into the lifeboat's engine room.. - View image in PDF
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Going Going Gone a Bottle Full of Coins
Going, going, gone. A bottle full of coins and notes for the lifeboats comes under the hammer at the Lord Burleigh, Victoria, London.
Landlord Fred Bright (r.) is a keen supporter of the RNLI who always has a giant bottle... - View image in PDF
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