LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Centenary of the Danish Life-Boat Service
THE Danish Life-boat Service com- pleted its first hundred years on March 26th, 1952. In these hundred years it has rescued 12,414 lives at the cost of 59 lives of its life-boatmen.
The Institution sent it the following...
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Maynard
On the 10th October the coastguard at Ballyquinton reported that a small fishing boat, of Portaferry, with one man on board, was in immediate danger inside the bar at Ballyquinton Point. A strong W.N.W.
gale was blowing,...
Lifeboat Services from Page 118
The year before (left, below) a guest for Walton and Frinton lifeboats' run was Mr Miller (I.), a physiotherapist who, blind himself, does much to help other blind people: with him is Bowman Bobby Kemp.
photographs by...
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Clive Dunn
Clive Dunn, a long time supporter of the RNLI, visited Poole Headquarters while appearing in Bournemouth to draw the sixteenth national lottery. Clive was accompanied by three other members of the pantomime cast; (I to r) Victoria Blake, the... - View image in PDF
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EMERGENCY CALL At 9.15 p.m. on the same day the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a young man was suffering from severe head injuries after an accident. No other boat was available and as it was imperative to take the patient to...
Coxswain Len Patten and His Crew Give Three Cheers for Mrs Anderson
Coxswain Len Patten and his crew give three cheers for Mrs Anderson.. - View image in PDF
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Clacton's New Atlantic 21 Lifeboat Institute of London Underwriters
Clacton's new Atlantic 21 lifeboat, Institute of London Underwriters, waits on the pier slipway during the naming ceremony ready to launch for a short demonstration. (Photo Jeff Morris). - View image in PDF
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The Steamship Boeton
At 12.45 A.M.
on the 16th January, during an ex- ceedingly thick fog, signals of distress were heard, and a message was received stating that a vessel was ashore to the north of the town. The Honorary Secretary of the...
United States Life-Saving Service
AT the close of the fiscal year ended the 30th June, 1901, the Life-saving Estab- lishment of the United States embraced 270 stations, an increase of 1 as com- pared with the previous year. Of this total (270) 195 were situated on the...
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45 Months of War.
In 45 months of war out life-boats have rescued 5177 lives and our lifeboatmen have won 181 medals for gallantry..
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