LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Gales of May and June
THE winter of 1859-60 will command a mournful distinction in meteorological annals. Other winters may be found, perhaps, of equal severity and duration ; nor would it be difficult, we dare say, to produce examples of springs as backward as...
Category: Articles
Duke of Northumberland's Prize Life-Boat Essay Competition, 1928
THE subject set for the eighth Lifeboat Essay Competition in Elementary Schools was " Describe the kind of man that a good Life-boatman should be." The number of schools taking part was 1919, an increase on last year of 427. The...
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Our Life-Boat Men
Steady, brave and earnest, See them as they stand, Waiting for the signal That bids them leave the land.
Out upon the waters, Lashed to fury now, Each man and youth is working With a grave and anxious...
Category: Poetry
John Petit Joined St.Peter Port Lifeboat Crew In 1952 and Was Appointed Coxswain In 1964; He Was Awarded the Bronze Medal In 1963 the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum In 1972 Bar
John Petit joined St Peter Port lifeboat crew in 1952 and was appointed coxswain in 1964; he was awarded the bronze medal in 1963, the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum in 1972, bars to his bronze medal in 1975, 1977 and 1979 and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rye Harbour: the Remains of the Tiger Moth Whose Crew of Two Were Rescued By Rye's D Class Inflatable Lifeboat on August 27 (See Right) Photograph By Courtesy of Mary Lestocq
Rye Harbour: The remains of the Tiger Moth whose crew of two were rescued by Rye's D class inflatable lifeboat on August 27 (see right). photograph by courtesy of Mary Lestocq. - View image in PDF
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Notes of the Quarter
In 1965 the life-boat service had by far its busiest year since the Institution was founded in 1824. There were 1,038 launches by life-boats on service and 462 by inshore rescue boats. Life-boats saved the lives of 562 people and IRBs...
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Books
• In his latest book, Rescue by Sail and Oar (Tops'l Books, £2.50), Ray Kipling, the RNLFs public relations officer, has written an absorbing account of the long period during which lifeboats were driven by muscle and windpower...
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An Experimental Motor Life-Boat
THE Committee of Management of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION have now for many years had the problem before their mind of the suc- cessful employment of a motor in a Life-boat, so as to assist by mechanical means, and thus relieve...
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On September 1 1976 Walmer Ilb and 37' 6" Rother Lifeboat Hampshire Rose Went to the Help of Yacht Ay Bee Gee Holed By a Baulk of Timber First Crew Member
On September 1, 1976, Walmer ILB and 37' 6" Rother lifeboat Hampshire Rose went to the help of yacht Ay Bee Gee, holed by a baulk of timber.
First, crew members helped her skipper, a Shoreline member who also helps... - View image in PDF
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Around the Coast—And Inland
THE PRESENTATION of a cheque for more than £50,000 by the Lord Mayor of Cardiff to the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the Institution, was reported in the summer issue of THE LIFEBOAT. It was the amount raised up till that time by the...
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