LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Asse and an Aeroplane (1)
OCT. 17TH. - AMBLE, AND BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND. A steamer had been reported in distress. Her position was given as nine miles S.E. of Coquet Island, and the Amble motor life-boat was launched.
A warning of an air-raid had...
Wreck of The Mumbles Life-Boat. The Whole Crew Lost
AT twelve minutes to six on the evening of the 23rd of April, 1947, the life-boat station at The Mumbles, Glamorganshire, received a message from the coastguard that Burnham Radio had picked up a call from the British steamship Samtampa,...
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In This Issue
In this issue News Including the naming of Falmouth lifeboat by Her Majesty The Queen and her Golden Jubilee celebrations Letters Feature Moving inland The RNLI's first inland lifeboat station celebrated its first birthday in May - Sam...
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The Draw for the Burseldon Bug Sailing Dinghy Raffle Was Made By Ernie Wise Photograph By Courtesy of David Trotter
The draw for the Burseldon Bug sailing dinghy raffle was made by Ernie Wise. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of David Trotter. - View image in PDF
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Loss of the "Arctic." Heroic Conduct of An Englishman
HEROIC CONDUCT OF AN ENGLISHMAN.
IT is with the mingled feeling of melancholy pleasure that is peculiar to the contemplation of great acts which have caused the death of the actors of them, that we add to our series of...
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Life-Boatmen from the Atlantic
The Smiths of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, in their home-made cutter (See page 407). - View image in PDF
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S.S. Wilno, of Gdynia, Poland
APRIL 22ND. - CAISTER, NORFOLK. A message was received from the Winterton coastguard at 12.50 in the afternoon that a steamer appeared to be aground on North Caister Shoal about two miles from the coastguard station. A moderate...
Medallists of 1927 at the Annual Meeting
Top Row: Second Coxswain Roberts and Captain Owen Jones (Moelfre, Anglesey), Coxswain Upcraft (Southwold), Coxswain Fleming (Great Yarmouth and Gorleston). Second Coxswain Balis and Coxswain Blogg (Cromer).
Bottom Row:... - View image in PDF
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Mrs Joyce Giddins Aged 62 of Eastbourne Standing By the Lifeboat Bearing the Name of a Surgeon Who Saved Her Life 40 Years Ago When She Was Seriously Ill She S U B S
Mrs. Joyce Giddins, aged 62, of Eastbourne, standing by the lifeboat bearing the name of a surgeon who saved her life 40 years ago when she was seriously ill. She s u b s e q u e n t l y raised £11,000 from jumble sales and competitions... - View image in PDF
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The Life-Belt In Use By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, and to enable him to support another person besides...
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