Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 10.30 on the morning of the 28th of April, 1958, the coxswain was working at the boathouse when he heard an explosion, which appeared to come from the Dutch coaster Pres. Roosevelt anchored one mile...
This animated photograph of the Flamborough, Yorkshire, life-boat Friendly Forester going out on exercise was taken by Mr. Arthur W. Dick, honorary secretary, Bridlington, in a westerly gale early in April An Inspector of Life-boats was... - View image in PDF
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Lieut.-Commander Henrik de Booy, an honorary life governor of the Institution since October, 1933, died on yth September, 1964, at the age of 97. He was former secretary of the Royal North and South Holland Life-boat...
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Sir—As an American reader of your fine publication, The Life-boat, I have long admired your organisation and its accomplishments. For some time I have been meaning to send you a small contribution toward the furtherance of your work as an...
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Barra Island, Hebrides. At 1.30 early on the morning of the 14th August, 1961, the local doctor asked for the services of the life-boat to take a patient with appendicitis to South Uist hospital. At 1.55 the life-boat...
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TORBAY, Tuesday June 16, 1987: Brixham Coastguard alerted the honorary secretary of Torbay lifeboat station at 1515 that a small speedboat had run aground off Thatcher Rock and that one of its four occupants had injured her ankle jumping... - View image in PDF
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Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 15 February 1996 show that so far during 1995: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 7,272 times (an average of more than 19 launches a day) 1,630 lives were saved (an average of more than 4 a...
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SEPTEMBER 14TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
An officer of H.M.S. Hastings asked the honorary secretary of the life-boat station if the life-boat could be used to take out thirty seamen, who had been stranded ashore. The warship was...