LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boat Services In 1907
Lives saved Adelaide, brigantine, of Fowey — stood by and assisted to save vessel.
Adele, barque, of Brevig— stood by vessel.
Andalusia, s.s., of London — stood by vessel.
Antje,...
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Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution—(continued.)
FOWEY (POLKERRIS), CORNWALL. On the 27th March, 1872, the Dutch schooner Douro was seen in distress in St. Austell Bay, during a heavy southerly gale, and in a rough sea. The Rochdale Life-boat soon went to her assistance; and at the request...
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Lifeboat Services (1)
Stronsay Westray Peebles-shire Peebles Perthshire Atholl and District Auchterarder Blairgowrie Crieff Perth Strathmore Renfrewshire Gourock - Branch Gourock - Guild Greenock Inverkip Lochwinnoch Paisley - Branch Paisley - Guild Port Glasgow...
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Statement of the Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution During the Month of December, 1874
wtck. Site of Wreck. Wind and Weather. Name of Vessel. 1874.
Dec. 2 » 3 : ., 7 " 8 » J » 9 „ „ . j ) i) j »»...
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News and Views
Top coxswains Bill Cargill, coxswain of Montrose lifeboat and Harold Jones, retired coxswain of Beaumaris lifeboat have been honoured by their local communities for their hard work on behalf of the lifeboat service - Bill has been named 1996...
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People and Places
C ratty Draw Members of the Craft Club drew the winning tickets of the RNLI's 57th National Lottery at Headquarters on 30 April.
The Club ('Can't Remember A Flipping Thing') was founded by Jim Marsham and...
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Surfboards
Surfer saved by D class in appal l|n g conditionsTramore's D class inflatable saved a surfer on 6 June lastyear in conditions which tested both the lifeboat and her crew to the limit.
In conditions which turned out to...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.) FOUNDED IN 1824. — SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
PATRONESS.
Her Gracious Majesty the...
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The Voluntary Spirit
Fortunately the age old advice 'never, ever volunteer' is as widely disregarded today as it was in Sir William Hillary's time. Richard Mann, the RNLI's Regions Manager, looks at some of the ways that the Institution is...
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September (1)
SEPTEMBER MEETING FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. On the 11th June, 1942, a Spitfire aeroplane was on a practice flight when the engine failed and the pilot landed on the sea. There was a slight swell with a light N.E. wind. The aeroplane sank...
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