LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-boat Exhibitions
IN the early summer of 1962 there were an exceptional number of life-boat exhibitions in various parts of the country, ranging from the opening of a new display centre at Exmouth to a major historical exhibition at Bradford; from the Irish...
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United States Life-Saving Service
AT the close of the fiscal year which ended on the 30th June, 1903, there were embraced in the Life-saving Service of the United States no less than 273 stations, 196 of which were established on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 60. on the...
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Girls trapped A POLICE message on May 1 told the Newquay, Cornwall, ILB that four people were stranded on rocks on the north side of Zacrys Island.
The maroons were fired at 4.26 p.m.
Wind was north...
Last word
The Summer months have proved to be a busy time for our lifesavers – as many of our supporters’ emails show.
'It happened in seconds'
On Wednesday 24 July my son, Tad...
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Major, of Lyne
The schooner Major, of Lynn, ran aground at Holme on the morning of the 30th September. ^The Life-boat, Licensed Victualler, was at once despatched to the distressed vessel, and was, fortunately, the means of rescuing the crew, consisting of...
Cwm Avon
GREENCASTLE, LONDONDERRY.—Signals of distress having been shown by a vessel on the TODS Bank, while the wind was blowing half a gale from the S.S.W., with a heavy sea, the Life-boat temporarily placed here while the Mary Beckwith was being...
The Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain John Daniel, of Aberystwyth.
He joined the crew in 1911, was ap- pointed bowman in 1933, second cox- swain in 1936 and coxswain at the beginning of 1943. He retired at the end of...
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James Leath
James Leath is a pulling and sailing Norfolk and Suffolk type lifeboat. Strongly built with a heavy iron keel these were extremely stable. The high decks enclosed numerous watertight compart- Q ments to make them very buoyant although not... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Water works
Southern Water donated over £33,000 to the RNLI in 2009. The money was raised through a charity ball and a race day.
The company will continue to support the RNLI through 2010, and hopes to repeat the success of the...
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The Dredger Sisyphus
On the morning of the 24th February the dredger Sisyphus, of Dublin, which was anchored in the harbour, signalled for help. A strong to whole E.S.E. gale was blowing, a very heavy sea was running and it was snowing. The motor life-boat...