LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The "Life-Boat Saturday" Movement
IN the last issue of the Life-boat Journal we had the satisfaction to announce to our readers that H.E.H. the DUKE or YORK had graciously accepted the post of President of the Institution's " Life-boat Saturday " Fund, and we...
Category: Articles
Storming Norman
Norman Whereat, Cirencester branch Chairman is pictured above manning the RNLI stall at a Christmas sale where the total value of goods sold topped £2,500.
Norman is celebrating his 40th year as a member of the branch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Middle Gas Float
At about 10 P.M. on the 13th November the coxswain saw that the Middle Gas Float had broken from its mooring and was drifting out of the Humber, be- coming a danger to navigation. The sea was smooth, with a light southerly wind, and the...
The Admiralty Tug Amsterdam
MARCH 8TH. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.
At 9.8 P.M. the coastguard reported a ship ashore on Redcar Rocks, N.E. of the pier.
A little later it was learned that the vessel was the Admiralty tug Amsterdam. The...
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12th January.
Flares had been seen, but a search revealed nothing. It was learnt later that seaplanes at exercise had dropped lighted parachutes.—Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..
Picture This!
Supporters have a chance to win another valuable prize in the Spring lifeboat lottery.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In Retirement Services
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Ancora
Boulmer, Northumberland.—At 4.10 on the morning of the 1st of December, 1955, the coastguard reported that a ship had run ashore between Boulmer and Craster. At 4.55 the life-boat Clarissa Langdon was launched, with the second coxswain in...
A Small Vessel
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—At 2.55 in the afternoon of the 26th of May, 1948, the Strumble Head coastguard telephoned that a small vessel appeared to be in distress six miles to the west- ward. Five minutes later he saw her flying...
Golf Competitions
DURING 1936 sixty-four golf clubs in Great Britain and Ireland held competitions in aid of the life-boat service for which the Institution presented spoons as prizes. As a result the clubs contributed £196 11s....
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