LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Barrow, Lancashire. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 13th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a half-decked fishing boat had anchored near the Bar buoy and that a man was waving a flag. There was a light...
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DOCTOR TAKEN TO FRENCH TANKER Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 5.40 on the afternoon of the 6th November, 1962, the honorary secretary received a telegram stating that the 37,000 ton tanker Esso Parentis, of Le Havre, had asked for a doctor. At 6.5...
The Start of Last Year's Sheffield Marathon
The start of last year's Sheffield Marathon which raised, mainly through the sponsorship of individual runners, a remarkable £24,000 for the RNLI. It is an annual event with some 6,000 entrants and Sheffield branch, together with... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Noordam
OCT. 4TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 4.20 P.M. the Deal coastguard reported that the S.S. Noordam, of Rotterdam, lying off Deal, had signalled for a boat to take a man ashore for an immediate operation. A strong E. by S. wind was blowing with a...
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NOVEMBER 5TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. During the afternoon information was received from the principal light-keeper of the Tuskar Rock Lighthouse, that one of the keepers had cut an artery in his arm and ought to be brought ashore...
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JUNE 5TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
Returning from an exercise at 5.30 in the afternoon, the crew of the motor life-boat Thomas and Annie Wade Richards were told by the police that the coastguard had asked if they would...
New Ways of Raising Money
Two girls of Stamford High School, Lincolnshire, Rosetta Birkbeck and Gillian Foot, enjoy collecting for the R.N.L.I. Late last year they sent £33 14s. 4d., and explained:' We have made the collection in several different ways. Six...
Category: Donations
Remember the Life-Boat
Come, now, a cheer for tho Life-boat And its gallant fearless crew; Only give them a chance, lads, And you'll see what they can do.
No matter how dirty tho weather, Or how fierce the wind may blow, They're ready...
Category: Poetry
Parliamentary Questions
MR. HECTOR HUGHES, M.P. for Aberdeen North, asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what provision is made by his Department for the protection and salvage of shipping- and seamen in danger at sea round the coasts of Scotland; who...
Category: Articles
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Cullercoats, Northumberland. — At 12.40 on the afternoon of the 12th of November, 1955, the Tynemoutb.
police rang up to ask if the life-boat would pick up the body of a man which was in the sea off Tynemouth north pier....