LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Urgent
Cromer, Norfolk.—At about midday on the 10th February, 1938, the wind veered suddenly from W. to N.W., reaching gale force, and the sea became heavy. Two fishing boats were known to be still at sea, and at 12.25 P.M. the No. 1 motor...
Rowallen Castle
Penlee, Cornwall. At seven o'clock on the evening of the 15th of June, 1960, the honorary secretary was informed that a man on board the motor vessel Rowallen Castle, of London, which was expected to arrive in Mounts Bay at midnight,...
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Galway Bay. At 8.45 on the evening of the 22nd of October, 1959, the district nurse told the honorary secret- ary that the daughter of the life-boat coxswain had appendicitis and asked for the life-boat to land the child at Rossaveal pier,...
Celebrating a big year
In May we’ll be celebrating the achievements of RNLI volunteers and supporters at the Annual Presentation of Awards. It’s all happening at the Barbican Hall, London, on 21 May 2015. The Annual General Meeting starts at 11.30am and the awards...
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A Dinghy
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 6.50 on the evening of the 17th June, 1961,the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an eleven-feet dinghy, with a doctor and his son on board, was adrift about a mile and a half north-east of Rhos...
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DIFFICULT PASSAGE TO NORTHERN ISLAND Aith, Shetlands. At 6.50 on the evening of the 8th February, 1962, a doctor in Walls informed the honorary secretary that he had received an urgent call from a nurse on Foula Island for him to attend a...
The Storeyard's Children's Party
THE sixth Christmas Party, given by the staff of the Storeyard at Poplar, with the help of the staff at Head- quarters, to poor children of Poplar, took place on 4th January at the Bromley Public Hall. There were 170 children present....
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Oasis, of Liverpool
On January 12th, 1868, a large iron ship, the Oasis, of Liverpool, struck on the rocks west of the Metal Mail, Newtown Head, in a south-easterly gale.
The Cambridge University life-boat, Tom Egan, was launched, and reached...
Life-Boat Days
IN the article called " A Roam Through the Annual Report," which appeared in the last issue of The Lifeboat, it was stated that the number of places in which Street Collections had been held in 1928 was nearly 800, and that in this...
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First Aid In Life-Boats
A XEW book of instruction on first aid, First Aid for Life-boat Crews, which has been prepared by Dr. Geoffrey Hale, a member of the Committee of Management, has been issued to all life-boat stations. The purpose of the book is to explain...
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