LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Rion
NOETH DEAL, KENT.—The's.s. Bion, of Newcastle, laden with oil, from Batoum for London, stranded on the inner part of the North Goodwin Sand in a thick fog on the morning of the 15th Feb., 1902. In response to signals from the Gull...
Centenary of the Boulogne Life-Boat Society
By Major C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., R.E., Deputy Secretary of the Institution.founder, Sir William thus a few months THE Societe Humaine et des Naufrages de Boulogne-sur-Mer was founded in August, 1825, by the joint efforts of two members...
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Some Ways of Raising Money
Once an RNLI supporter, always a RNLI supporter! When Mrs J. B. Wilson, who had worked within the ranks of Colwyn Bay branch since 1965, settled with her family in Hong Kong she asked HQ if she could start a branch there. With the dedicated...
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Services of the Life-Boats In January, February and March, 1954. 120 Lives Rescued
JANUARY DURING January life-boats were launched 48 times and rescued 71 lives.
ESCORT FOR FLAMBOROUGH BOAT Flamborough, Yorkshire.—During the afternoon of the 6th of January. 1954, a fishing coble was still at sea in...
Category: Services
The Lighthouse Tender Pharos
Arbroath, Angus. — At 11.30 P.M.
on the 16th November, 1938, the police reported that the lighthouse tender Pharos was to land a sick lightkeeper from the Bell Rock. A strong W.S.W. wind was blowing, and the sea was too...
Statement of the Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution from 6th January to 17th December 1860
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The Annual Meeting
THE annual meeting was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 24th of April, 1952, with Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Com- mittee of Management, in the chair.
H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, Presi- dent of the...
Category: Meetings
Notes of the Quarter
AT a press conference held in London on 24th October, Commander F. R. H. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R., Chairman of the R.N.L.I., announced a colourful programme of events to celebrate in 1974 the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the R.N.L.I...
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Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the National Life-Boat Institution
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Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the National Life-Boat Institution
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