LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Out of the race
COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR AND BALTIMORE | 17 JUNE
A solo yachtswoman was in a race from Falmouth to Baltimore when she lost power and steering off the Cork coast in a force 6. Courtmacsherry and Baltimore...
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter By Patrick Howarth
THREE LIFEBOAT STATIONS have recently been re-opened. One of these is Fraserburgh, the station which suffered two major disasters in less than 20 years and from which the lifeboat was withdrawn after the 1970 disaster.
The...
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Notes of the Quarter
THE FOURTEENTH International Lifeboat Conference was formally opened by HRH Prince Bertil of Sweden on June 5 in Gothenburg. More than 50 papers on subjects of mutual interest were presented to delegates from 24 lifeboat societies from all...
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In Pursuit of a Yacht
A STRONG south-westerly gale was blowing on the Sussex coast on the morning of Sunday, the 8th of August. The sea was very rough and there was a heavy swell.
Just after half past eight the coastguard at Shoreham Harbour saw...
Category: Services
In Memory of the Men of the Mumbles
APRIL the 23rd was the first anniversary of the loss of the life-boat at The Mumbles with all her crew, and on that day the Vicar of Oystermouth dedicated, and the Mayoress of Swansea unveiled, a plaque which the Institution has placed in...
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The Upkeep of the Dungeness Station Has Cost the R.N.L.I. Huge Sums of Money Over the Years
The upkeep of the Dungeness station has cost the R.N.L.I, huge sums of money over the years. The sea has receded so steadily that older Dungeness life-boat houses are far inland. This picture taken in November 1967 indicates some of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
French Honour for a Coxswain
ON the 26th of November, 1948, at the Guildhall, St. Ives, Cornwall, the French consul at Southampton presented to Mr. William Peters, former coxswain of the St. Ives life-boat, the Brevet de Chevalier de 1'Ordre du Merite. The ...
Category: Awards
Notes of the Quarter
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to 30th June, 1955 - - 79,260 Notes of the Quarter H.R.II. THE DrKF. OF attended...
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Statement of Funds and Assets at 31st December, 1970
STATEMENT OF FUNDS AND ENDOWMENT FUNDS (From which only the income is available for expenditure in accordance with donors' directions) RESTRICTED FUNDS (To be applied as directed by donors) GENERAL FUND (seepage 119) PROVISION FOR MANUAL...
Category: Accounts
The S.S. Pass of Glenogle
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 9.20 on the night of the 28th of October, 1954, the coxswain overheard a message from the Humber radio station to the port doctor stating that the S.S. Pass of Glenogle, of London, needed a doctor to attend her captain....