LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 10.55 on the morning of the 9th of April, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of a report received from the police that a small boy was in the sea off Rossall Point. At 11.5 the life-boat Ann...
Past and Present
50 years ago From THE LIFEBOAT of November 1918 The Duke of Northumberland's Prize Essay Competition Early this year the late Duke of Northumberland, the then President of the Institution, placed at its disposal the sum of £100, to...
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A Gallant Attempt
ON November 19th, 1947, an easterly gale was blowing at Broadstairs, and about mid-day three boys, on their way home from school, went on the pier to watch the breaking seas. One of them was seen standing by himself on the steps at the head...
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Balance Sheet. 31st December, 1901
LIABILITIES.
£. i. d. £. . d.
To TEUST FUNDS CAPITAL ACCOUNTS— No. 1 (gee p. 326) 66,807 5 .7 No. 2 (see p. 326) 125,048 9 8 191,865 14 10 „ GBMBBAL CAPITAL ACCOUNT (see p...
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Morecambe August 10 1986:
Morecambe, August 10, 1986: Morecambe was one of the three stations at which the prototype Evans/Avon D class inflatable lifeboat had been on trial. The station's new lifeboat, funded by the bequest of Mr and Mrs William Herring in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Obituary
It is with deep regret that we have to announce the death on 23rd November, 1966, at the age of 72, of Colonel Alexander Denis Burnett Brown, O.B.E., M.C., T.D., who was Secretary of the Institution from 1947 to 1960.
He...
Category: Obituaries
Spartan
The Reculvers Coastguard telephoned at 1.45 A.M. oa the 12th April that a vessel in the Gore Channel, east of Hook Sand, was burning flares for help. A moderate N.W. by N.
gale was blowing with a rough sea. The Motor...
Two Men Rescued By New Brighton Life-Boat
Two Men Rescued By New Brighton Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
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Strathden
On the morning of the 25th August, during a S.S.W. gale and heavy sea, the barque Strathden, of Dundee, was seen to go ashore on the north-west end of the Middle Cross Sand. A yawl immediately proceeded to her assistance, and the master...
Fair Festina
Mainsail jammed A MAYDAY distress signal was received by Portland Coastguard at 1709 on Tuesday April 1 from the yacht Fair Festina whose mainsail was jammed.
There was a gale, force 8, blowing from the west and the sea was...