LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Early Mist
Workington, Cumberland. At 10.15 on the night of the 4th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Early Mist, which was fishing south of the Tank buoy, had not returned. She had been due back some...
A New Medal for Gallantry
SINCE the Institution was founded the head of the Sovereign has appeared on the obverse of the medals which it awards for gallantry. The first medals, struck in 1825, had the head of George IV. Although, on his accession to the throne in...
Category: Medals
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1863
THE RIGHT HON. LORD LOVAINE, M.P., P.O., in the Chair.
!.•—Moved by the Chairman, and carried unanimously,— 1.—That the following noblemen and gentlemen be the Officers of the Institution for the current year:—(vide last...
Category: Meetings
Girls and Boys from Connah's Quay Held a Sponsored Swim and Raised £15432 a Cheque for This Amount Was Presented to Mrs E L Coppack Secretary of the Conn
Girls and boys from Connah's Quay held a sponsored swim and raised £154.32. A cheque for this amount was presented to Mrs E. L. Coppack, secretary of the Connah's Quay branch, at the pool side.
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Category: Photographs
The Life-Boat In Verse
The Life-boat in Verse. An anthology covering a hundred years, a commentary by Sir John Gumming and Charles "' the Royal National Life-boat Institution by Hodder Selected with Vince. Published for & Stoughton. 25. 6d.MUCH verse...
Category: Poetry
RESCUE
Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards carry out thousands of rescues every year (see launches on page 34). Here are just some of those caught on camera, and see the list below for more reports:
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Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.—The Life-boat placed on this station twenty years since by the Institution has recently been replaced by a new self-righting ' boat, 37 ft. long, 9 ft. 3 in. wide, and rowing twelve oars, double banked; she is pro-...
Category: Articles
Do Whales Get the Bends?
Do Whales Get the Bends?
by Tony Rice
Review by Lucie Grisdale
Tony Rice is a former marine biologist who now spends his time lecturing about his experiences and knowledge of the ocean on...
Category: Articles
Portpatrick: Mrs Milligan the Honorary Curator Mans a Souvenir Stall Very Popular With Holidaymakers Who Visit the Museum Housed In the Old Lifeboat House
Portpatrick: Mrs Milligan. the honorar curator, mans a souvenir stall very popular with holidaymakers who visit the museum housed in the old lifeboat house.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shoreline
THE MAIN SHORELINE office has now moved from Salisbury to the new Headquarters building at Poole. This has entailed the movement of records and equipment and changes in clerical staff.
While we are, of course, making every...
Category: Articles