LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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Capt. H.R.H. The DUKE OF YORK, R.N., K.G.

PRESIDENT OP THE LADIES' AUXILIARIES—H.E.H. The DUCHESS OF YORK.

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NOV. 4TH. - WALMER, AND RAMSGATE, KENT. At 8.7 P.M. a message was received at Walmer from the Deal coastguard that distress signals had been seen about two miles east of their station. A S.W. wind was blowing, with squalls. There was a...

TO MAKE A CHANGE from the usual Shoreline page, I have asked Linda Grainger, one of my assistants, to write about the work of herself and her colleagues.

First of all, however, I am pleased to announce that RNLB Shoreline...

In the very early morning of the llth February the schooner Elise, of Hernosand, outward bound from Shields with a cargo of coal, collided with a steamer when off Staithes. The steamer stood by the schooner until daybreak. A...

Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At ten o'clock on the morning of the 12th of December, 1955, a doctor rang up the life-boat station to say that the keeper of St. Helen's Fort at Spithead was seriously ill. He asked if he could he taken to...

If there was ever any doubt that the RNLI's technical team designs its lifeboats so that they are sturdy enough to face the worst possible conditions, then the events of Sunday. 9 September were surely proof enough.

At...

Many of London’s City workers unwind after a hard day with a trip to the gym or a drink in a bar. But sometimes when he leaves his office in Fenchurch Street David Taylor walks to a floating pier on the River Thames, pulls on a drysuit, and...

The history of the Lerwick lifeboats The history of the New Quay lifeboats The history of Barrow lifeboats By Jeff Morris Price: £3.50 each (including postage and packaging) The honorary archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts'...