LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded In 1875
Jan. 1.—JOHN ROWNAN, of Knalton, Co. Wa- terford, on the occasion' of the wreck of the barque Gwmissa, at Knalton Cove, afforded shel- ter to 3 of the crew who had got ashore, and af- terwards assisted to save 6 others of- the crew, all...
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The Fundraisers
In Brief MKMBKRS of Backwell branch recently travelled to Cherbourg and back in a day as guests of the P&O ferry company to sell RN LI Volvo draw tickets to passengers. The captains of both the ferries involved, Pride of Cherbourg and...
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Other Life-Boat Launches
OTHER LIFE-BOAT LAUNCHES In addition to the services by life-boats which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full on pages 195 and 198 the following launches on service were made during the months December, 1969, January and...
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Saunterer, of Blyth
Dunbar, Haddingtonshire. — During the afternoon of the 5th August the coastguard reported that a yacht was ashore on Tyne sands, three miles west of Dunbar. She was the sailing yacht Saunterer, of Blyth, cruising in the Firth of Forth and...
St.Paul
St Paul is the oldest lifeboat in the collection, being built in 1897 and serving as a lifeboat until 1934. The wide beam is typical of the Norfolk and Suffolk type of lifeboat of the era.
A service by StPaul to a Rye... - View image in PDF
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Index to the Branches
PACK PAGE PAGE PAGE | FAOF ABERDEEN . . 502 CHELTENHAM . . 464 HAYLING . . .465 NKWBIGGIN . . 484 1...
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(Below) If a Tow Line Is Put Aboard It Will Be Longer Than You Might Expect -
(Below) If a tow line is put aboard it will be longer than you might expect - Frank Smith of Salcombe never uses less than 120 metres, and if there's any sea it could be 200 metres longer than that.. - View image in PDF
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A Vessel
SEVEN LIFE-BOATMEN LOST AT ST. IVES JAN. 23RD. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
Three minutes before two in the morning, the honorary secretary was rung up by the district officer of coastguard, who told him that a vessel was in a...
The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
XXV.-ST. MARY'S, SCILLY ISLES.
The Henry Dundas, 37 feet long, 9 feet beam, 10 oars.
THIS Life-boat was stationed at St. Mary's, the capital of the Scilly Isles, in 1874. Previous to that time it...
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
MONTROSE, FORFARSHIRE.—On the evening of the 1st January one of the fishermen reported that a vessel was showing a light, evidently in close proximity to the Annat Bank. The Life-boatmen were at once assembled and the No. 1 Life-beat Sarah...
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