LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
List of the Rewards for Saving Life from Wrecks, Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
FOR SAVING LIFE FROM WRECKS, VOTED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION TO THE CREWS OF ITS LIFE-BOATS, TO SHORE AND FISHING-BOATS CREWS, AND TO OTHER PERSONS FROM THE 1ST JANUARY TO THE 31sT DECEMBER, 1872.
JAN. 1,...
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The Wreck Register for 1877-78
FROM the Abstract of the Wreck Register presented by the Board of Trade, before the close of last Session, to Parliament, it appears that the number of shipwrecks, casualties, and collisions on and near the coasts of the United Kingdom,...
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St.David's Royal Visit
In May, Her Majesty Queen Mamahato B Seeiso the Queen Mother and her son Prince Seeiso B Seeiso of Lesotho, South Africa, visited St David's lifeboat station.. - View image in PDF
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News and Views
New Severn class lifeboat for Stornoway station It has recently been agreed by the executive committee of the RNLI that Stornoway will be allocated a new Severn class lifeboat.
In 1995, Stornoway was allocated the first...
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Lifeboat Services Cont'
The summarised reports on this page concern services for which letters of commendation and thanks from Lt Cmdr Brian Miles, as deputy director/ chief of operations, have been sent to the stations and/or personnel...
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St.Peter Port Lifeboat Crew Formed the Guard of Honour As Her Majesty the Queen Embarked In Her Barge to Rejoin Hmy Britannia at the End of Her Visit to Guernsey O
St Peter Port lifeboat crew formed the guard of honour as Her Majesty The Queen embarked in her barge to rejoin HMY Britannia at the end of her visit to Guernsey on Wednesday June 28. Her Majesty spoke to every crew member, asking about the... - View image in PDF
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Humber's Most Famous Coxswain Mr Robert Cross (Right) on a Visit to the Humber Station In 1960 With (Centre) the Late Admiral Sir William Slayter Kcb Dso Dsc R
Huniher's most fa mini x CO.V.VM ain, Mr Robert Cross (right) on a visit to the Humber station in 1960 with (centre) th.' late Admiral Sir William Slayter, KCB, DSO, DSC, KNLI Committee of Management, and Coxswain Superintendent... - View image in PDF
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From Canada: A Subscriber for 56 Years
A SUBSCRIBER in Quebec, in sending his annual gift of £5 wrote: "It may be of interest to you to know that when a boy I was employed by a firm here which every summer shipped by sailing vessels to Great Britain, many cargoes of...
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Ireland: Community news
Arklow
LAP OF THE MAP
2018 marks Mary Hickey’s 50th year in athletics and she continues to go from strength to strength. On New Year’s Day she set off from Arklow, Co Wicklow, heading north on the...
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Going Alongside and Survivor Recovery
WHEN A LIFEBOAT reaches a vessel in distress in gale or storm force winds she has come to the heart of her problem; how best the people on board may be brought safely to shore. Can she go alongside and take off the survivors. Or is there a...
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