LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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 31st March, 1955 ... - 79,131 Notes of the Quarter EXCEPTIONAL weather conditions...
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Portrait on the Cover
The portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Michael Harrington, of Bal- timore. He first joined the Baltimore crew in 1943 and was second coxswain from 1945 to 1950. He was appointed coxswain on the 1st of April, 1950.
Since...
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The Botnere Romanies
The Botnere Romanies, one of the more unusual entries in she 1981 Shrewsbury branch raft race on the River Severn, an event held on the last Saturday in Julv each vear. More than 60 craft took part in the mile-and-a-quarter race, raising... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
After the War.
It must not be thought that because receipts exeeeded expenditure, by over £100,000 the Institution is getting more money than it needs. That £100,000 would in a normal year have all been spent in building new boats, and, if the...
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From the Fighting Services.
In 1942 the Navy, Army and Air Force, with their Women's Services, contributed £19,385. All three contributions were much larger than in 1941. The Navy's was twelve times as much as in the last year of peace; the Army's...
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WINDOWS INTO THE PAST
A stunning collection of glass plate negatives brings the RNLI’s lifesaving history into a new light
The RNLI’s Heritage Team are always on the look-out for artefacts and materials that document the lifesaving work of the...
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The Screw Steamer Akaba
Early in the morning of the 10th November, the crew of a fishing lugger arrived at Gorleston, and reported that they had seen flares and rockets about the lower part of Winterton Eidge. A gale from the S.E. by E. was blowing at the time, and...
The RAF Seaplane 1231
On the morning of the 2nd November the coastguard tele- phoned that a seaplane was down on the sea, and apparently in difficulties, one mile east of North Foreland. A moderate N.W. breeze was blowing, but the sea was smooth. The motor...
The Fishwives of Cullercoats
THE fishwives of Cullercoats carried out their tenth consecutive collection on behalf of the Institution on 1st August, when the Cullercoats and Whitley Bay Life-boat held its quarterly road exercise and launch. By collecting this year over...
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The Danish Ship Habet
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 12.20 a.m. on I3th February, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Danish ship Habet had requested the help of the life-boat to take a sick man off as he required medical attention. The...