LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Annual Report
AT the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Thursday, the 19th day of March, 1857, His Grace the DUKE of NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G., F.R.S., in the Chair, The following Report of the Committee...
Category: Annual Reports
Brereton, of Liverpool
On the night of the 18th January the watchman reported flares and rockets in the neighbourhood of the Splough Rock, and the motor life-boat K.E.C.F.
was launched. As usual, Mr. W. J. B.
Moncas, the branch...
Gava
On the 20th October the steam trawler Gava, of Fleetwood, returning from the fishing grounds, struck a submerged rock while entering Castlebay harbour, and remained fast. A strong westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. Her signals...
(Above) Leeds Appeal Committee Organised a Charity Greyhound Meeting at Elland Road Stadium on May 6 Various Firms In the City Sponsored the Eight Races to £100 Ea
(Above) Leeds appeal committee organised a charity greyhound meeting at Elland Road Stadium on May 6. Various firms in the city sponsored the eight races, to £100 each, and a very successful and enjoyable occasion yielded about... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
September
Launches 75 Lives rescued 31
SEPTEMBER 1ST. - HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. At 4.45 in the afternoon the sailing boat, St. Brendon, of Dungarvan, was sailing round the Black Rock in Dungarvan harbour. She had five on board....
Category: Services
Books
• Wooden Boats and Men of Steel tells the story of Withernsea lifeboats from 1862 to 1913 when the station was closed and the lifeboat transferred to Easington. Paul Baker is very much involved with the present day Withernsea lifeboat...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 9th January, 1902.
Captain the Hon. JOHN M. YORKE, R.N., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Reported that His Majesty THE KING had...
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News
Soul searching There was extensive national and local TV, radio and press coverage in March of the painful unfolding story of a family lost to the sea at Scarborough. After an 11-year-old boy was swept off the front and his family attempted...
Category: Articles
The Fundraisers
Around the world More than 200 invited guests supported the annual autumn party organised by Woodbridge and District branch which was held at Woodbridge School on Saturday 24 November.
After enjoying refreshments they...
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The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
FOR THE PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, "L. C. Wyon.'r Double legend, " Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded in 1824.<...
Category: Medals