LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Clew Bay
Donaghadee, Co. Down.1—At 4.20 in the morning of the 2nd of April, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore about a mile south of Lame Lough, and the life-boat Joseph Adlam, on temporary duty at the sta- tion, was launched at...
The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
Category: Articles
Friends of the RNLI: The Lifeboat Fund
Civil servants around the UK are celebrating 150 years of fundraising for the RNLI. And they’re doing so in style, having funded their 53rd lifeboat: a brand new Shannon class due to be built for Wells, Norfolk, in 2021. The Lifeboat Fund is...
Category: Articles
The Duke of Connaught's Appeal to the Army
Ix common with Their Majesties the King and Queen, and other members of the Royal Family, H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught has always been a warm sympathiser with the work of the Institution, and, in the midst of many national duties, he has...
Category: Articles
The Netherlands-Registered Yacht Rose Bank (1)
Determination in appalling conditions saves four 1-iftbtial.
Coxswain/Mechanic Ian Firman was awarded the RNLI's Bronze medal, and his six-man crew received medal service certificates, following a hazardous rescue of...
Members of Northampton Ladies' Guild Man the Refreshment Stall at a Market Organised By the Branch at the End of Last Year Held In the Town's Guildhall the Event Rai
Members of Northampton ladies' guild man the refreshment stall at a market organised by the branch at the end of last year. Held in the town's Guildhall the event raised £535.
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Category: Photographs
(Above Left) Exmoiith's Third Lifeboat Victoria a 32Ft Self-Righter Pulling Ten Oars Double-Hanked Was on Station from 1867 to 1884 During Which Time She Rescued 15 P
(Above, left) Exmoiith's third lifeboat, Victoria, a 32ft self-righter pulling ten oars double-hanked, was on station from 1867 to 1884, during which time she rescued 15 people.
In one gale she was hauled on her... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Mosel
LIZARD. — A rocket from the signal station was heard at about 8 A.M. on the 9th August. The Honorary Secretary, the Eev. P. VYVYAN ROBINSON, and the Coxswain of the Life-boat at once proceeded there, and ascertained that a screw steamer had...
The Life-Boats and the War. The King's Appreciation of the Institution's Work
NOTE.—The Editor will be grateful to Hon. Secretaries, and other subscribers, for any really good photographs of wrecks, or Life-boats on service or exercise, for publication in the JOURNAL.
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Category: Correspondence