LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management
November Meeting.
Kingstown, Co. Dublin.—On the llth August a party of six men and six women were out in a converted ship's boat. At about 11 P.M. they approached the harbour, but a strong N.E. wind had got up, making a...
Category: Services
Life-Boat Services In 1909
Lives saved.
Evelyn, brig, of Carnarvon — landed 8 on two occasions, Falcon, ketch, of Cardiff ....... 3 Ferguslie, s.s., of Glasgow— as- sisted to save vessel.
Fishing boats of Berwick, Boulmer, Crail,...
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News from the Branches. 1st February to 30th April, 1937
1st February to 30th April, 1937.
Greater London.
BARNEHURST.—Bridge and whist drive.
Address by the district organising secretary.
BEXLEY HEATH.—Whist drive.
Category: Branches
The Ferry Steamer Sir William High
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At 7.6 in the evening of the 1st of December, 1948, during a thick fog, the super- intendent of the Tay Ferry Service telephoned that the ferry steamer Sir William High, of Dundee, was overdue on a trip from...
Services of Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—The look-out man having observed lights on the 27th February, 1901, the crew of the Life- boat Margaret were summoned. The nature of the lights could not be discerned and therefore it was decided to launch the Life-boat...
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Below: the Royal British Legion Jubilee As She Left the Thames After the Ceremony Passing the Houses of Parliament
Below: The Royal British Legion Jubilee, as she left the Thames after the ceremony, passing the Houses of Parliament.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shore Boat Services Rewarded By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution In 1889
Jan. 6.—Three men put off in a boat and saved a boy who had fallen overboard from a boat off Wexford, Ireland.—Reward, 15s.
Jan. 9.—Four men. put off in a coble and saved the crew of five men from the boat of the steamer...
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The New Eddystone Lighthouse
In former numbers of this journal we published a series of papers on "Lights and Lighthouses," to which an account of this the last of our great outlying light- towers will be an appropriate sequel.
As a preamble...
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The Boulogne Life-Boat Society
ON the 16th of September, 1951, the Boulogne Life-boat Society inaugur- ated the new life-boat and station which have replaced those destroyed in the war. The ceremony was at- tended by the Dover life-boat, Southern Africa, and her crew, Mr....
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Foresters support SOS
The financial solutions company Foresters is lending a helping hand to this year’s SOS Day by sponsoring fundraising material for schools. Mailings, SOS champion packs for Storm Force members and a host of online downloads hope to encourage...
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