LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
New Committee of Management Members
THE Committee of Management of the Institution welcomes five new mem- bers.
Rear-Admiral K. St. B. Collins, C.B., O.B.E., D.S.C., R.N. (Retd.), was Hydrographer of the Navy from 1955 to 1960, when he retired from the Royal...
Category: Committee
Inshore Rescue Boats
From July to September the new fast inshore rescue boats were launched on service thirty-three times and rescued seven lives. The following is the list of services or attempted services: Date Station 1963 July 10th: Mudeford July...
Category: Services
Inshore Lifeboat Services December 1977 January and February 1978
Aberdovey, Gwynedd January 10.
Arbroath, Angus January 4.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland December 10.
Blackpool, (1)1171, Lancashire February 19.
Blackpool, (D528),...
Category: Services
Newmarket Charity Race Day
THE RNLI was the beneficiary of the 1983 Newmarket Charity Race Day on Saturday June 25 when just over £13,500 was raised for the lifeboats. Although the morning began dull and overcast, by midday the cloud had dispersed and the sun...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats In October, November and December, 1956. Lives Rescued 72
OCTOBER DURING October life-boats were launched on service 56 times and rescued 37 lives.
TWO YACHTS ESCORTED TO MEVAGISSEY Fowey, Cornwall.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 1st of October, 1956, the Polruan...
Category: Services
November
Launches 49 Lives rescued 31 NOVEMBER 2ND. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE.
At 8.33 in the morning the Hoylake coastguard reported that the naval authorities wanted a life-boat to go out and stand by a vessel high and dry on the...
Category: Services
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 2nd June, 1870. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Head and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Com-...
Category: Committee
Coastal Radio Ltd
-the instant communication and precise navigation equipment that takes the rough with the smooth Coastal Radio Limited, Westway, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3BH.
Telephone: (0245) 65533.
A Marconi Marine Company...
Category: Advertisement
An Aeroplane (28)
MARCH 2ND. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. The R.A.F. reported that an aeroplane was down in the sea and that it was too rough for their speed boat, but the life-boat found nothing.
- Rewards, £18 18s..
£30 from a Seal
A fisherman at Saltcoats, Ayrshire, rescued a baby seal which was helpless amoag the rocks in a rough sea, fed him with milk and cod liver oil, and decided to keep him until he was big enough to swim away. Meanwhile he made £30 by...
Category: Articles