LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
List of the Rewards for Saving Life from Wrecks, Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
GOD HELP OUR MEN AT SEA.
VOTED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, TO THE CREWS OF ITS LIFE-BOATS, TO SHORE AND FISHING-BOATS* CREWS, AND OTHER PERSONS, FROM THE 1ST JANUARY TO THE 31ST DECEMBER,...
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A French Yacht Rescued on the Coast of Jersey
THE night of the 27th of September, 1951, was very dark and overcast at St. Helier, in Jersey. A fresh wind was blowing from the south-south- west; there was a swell rising from six to eight feet; and heavy storms of rain made visibility...
Category: Services
Building the Fast Slipway Lifeboat—Part V: Behind the Scenes
ABOVE AND BELOW DECKS, the first prototype of the fast slipway lifeboat (FSB) is gradually taking shape in Fairey Marine's yard at Cowes. With some of the work progress is obvious; other jobs involve perhaps weeks of 'behind the...
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On the Northumberland Coast Station Barometers
BY JAMES GLAISHER, ESQ., F.R.S.
His GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND proposed in 1859 to the President of the British Meteorological Society, THOMAS SOPWITH, Esq., M.A.,F.R.S., the establishment of Meteorological...
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Communication By Electric Telegraph and Signals on the Coast
BY the wreck of the Deutschland, the question of better means of communica- tion between outlying stations on the coasts of the United Kingdom and internal bases of supply, has received one more little jog forward into its inevitable ulti-...
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The Removal of Wrecks Act, 1877, Amendment Act, 1889
NOT the least important work dene by the Legislature during this year's session has been the passing of an Act to amend the " Eemoval of Wrecks Act, 1877." Prior to this Act becoming law no provision existed for the removal of...
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Tusker Rock Joint Rescue
FOR a joint service to a sand dredger Coxswain Derek Scott, of the Mumbles life-boat, has been awarded the bronze medal of the Institution, and Helmsman Lindsey S. Knipe and crew members James Lock and Richard A. Comley, of the Porthcawl IRB...
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The Use of a Line Thrown to Wrecked Vessels from the Shore
IT is a commonly-received opinion, that if a line can only be thrown over a stranded vessel, the salvation of those on board her is almost secured. It seems to be presumed that those at either end of this slender com- munication, after...
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Clare
Life-boat 70-001 - Off The Mumbles, Glamorganshire - At 2.17 p.m.
on 28th June, 1966, a dinghy was reported in difficulties in Forth Eynon bay, and The Mumbles IRB had been launched.
The life-boat Charles...
Francis's Metallic Life-Saving Car
In an account of the New York Life-Saving Association, in the 19th Number of this Journal, we alluded to a metallic Life-Car, which, in conjunction with the mortar and rocket life apparatus, had been instrumental in saving a large...
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