LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Swim Too Far
A sWim too fAR During the aftermath of Hurricane Gordon, when Ireland was buffeted by extraordinary gales, one woman found herself in grave danger The call came on 21 September 2006. As she cleared the shelter of the harbour and entered...
Category: Articles
New Crew for Looe
Childhood friends John Crabb and Verity Pope, both aged 17, have recently joined the crew at Looe inshore lifeboat station, in Cornwall.
They are both continuing family traditions: John's elder brother Ben is a crew... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 12th September, 1901.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
Willowbrook
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Category: Advertisement
Some Account of the Growth of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution's Fleet Since the Re-Organization of the Society In 1850
THE year prior to the re-organization of this now great Institution marked the lowest state of depression to which " The National Shipwreck Institution," as it was then called, had reached. Its income, derived from subscriptions,...
Category: Articles
Shoreline
RNLB Shoreline New members of Shoreline may not be aware that a lifeboat bearing the name of the organisation is stationed at Arbroath.
Built in 1979, RNLB Shoreline is a 37ft 6in Rother class lifeboat with a wooden hull...
Category: Articles
Water Safety Roadshow
Coming to a place near you soonSometimes good advice can be difficult to swallow, especially if it's on a subject close to your heart. This, coupled with the fact that people generally don't actively go out and seek advice, can be a...
Category: Articles
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management
For which Rewards were given at the September and October Meetings of.the Committee of Management.
Torbay, Devon.—At about 10 P.M. on the 15th May, Miss Patience Trout, of Hallsands, saw, by telescope, signals of distress...
Category: Services
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management
November Meeting.
Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire.—On the 2nd September a salvage party of six was marooned on the wreck of the Harvest Queen, owing to their boat breaking away and capsizing. Their plight was seen by a...
Category: Services