LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
American Coastal Lifeboat Development: An English Contribution By William D Wilkinson
AS THE RNLI celebrates its 150th anniversary, it is appropriate to acknowledge the help it has given many lifesaving services throughout the world. This help has taken many forms, one of the most significant being in the area of coastal...
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Annual Report. 1889
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Willis's Rooms, King Street, St. James's, on Saturday, 23rd day of March, 1889, The Right Honourable JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, P.O., M.P., in the Chair, the...
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Lifeboat Services
The Lifeboat Atlantic 75 B-713 OEM Stone I Aisisting Lifeboat Trent class ON-1211 Geoige and Ivy Swanson The Crew gfgnza Medal Helmsman David Parry for his 'outstanding courage.
seamanship and...
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The Experimental Motor Life-Boats
IN July, 1905, as will be seen by reference to the LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL for November, 1905, page 551, it was decided that three Life-boats should be installed with petrol motors, viz., Walton-on-the-Naze, Norfolk and Suffolk type, 43 ft. by 12...
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SWIM SAFE IS BACK FOR 2019
Our free and fun outdoor water safety sessions are back for another year
We’re working with Swim England to equip 7–14-year-olds with vital life skills for open water. The sessions are run by qualified instructors and...
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Launches
Aberdeen ON-1248 (17-24) Fei 8. Feb16.
Febl? 0-428 Nov16. DecIS 0-536 Feb8 Abersoch B 582 Feb5 Aberystwyth B-704 DecU. JanB. Jan29(x2) B-757 Nov16.Nov23.Dec2 Achill Island ON-1240 114-28) Dec2B Aith ON- 1232 (17-14) Feb3...
Category: Services
Award for Bravest Act of Lifesaving
THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving by a member of a life-boat crew in 1961 has been won by Coxswain John Stonehouse of Teesmouth for the rescue of the crew of three of the yacht Sybil Kathleen on the 1st...
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 11th January, 1900.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
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Three Medallists from Tenby
The coxswain, motor mechanic and bowman visit London to receive medals (see page 705). - View image in PDF
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Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At 11.50 a.m. on I5th February, 1966, the honorary secretary received an urgent call from the doctor at Bunbeg asking for the assistance of the life-boat W. M. Tihon. A young girl on Tory Island had acute appendicitis...