LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Naval Tug Warden
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands.—At 11.26 on the morning of the 5th of February.
1955, the coastguard telephoned that the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, had asked if the life-boat would land three injured men from the naval...
The Life-Boat Service and the War
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 144 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 16 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to 31st October, 1939 ... - 66,604 The Life-boat Service and the...
Category: Articles
Visiting the RNLI/YLA Stand at the Southampton Boat Show Sir Alec Rose Founder-Member of the Association Autographs a Copy of His Book Lively Lady Which He
Visiting the R.N.L.I./Y.L.A. stand at the Southampton Boat Show, Sir Alec Rose, founder-member of the Association, autographs a copy of his book Lively Lady which he presented to Mr. Alasdair Garrett, secretary of the Association, for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Notes of the Quarter
THE Queen's decision to name the new life-boat, The Royal British Legion Jubilee, at Henley-on- Thames on 17th July means that for the first time ever a reigning sovereign will have named one of the R.N.L.I.'s life-boats. Queen...
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The Institution's Engines
AT a luncheon of the Rotary Club at Deptford in July last an address was given by the District Organizing Secre- tary for Greater London. In the course of the address he referred to the fact that the engines used in Life-boats wereof the...
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News from the Branches
THK ton highest remittances received from Branches during the year 1st October, 1919, to 30th September, 1920, are JIB follows:— ±. (/ City of London Liverpool Bradford .
Manchester .
Glasgow...
Category: Branches
The Sea
• One of many magnificent photographs in The Sea by Robert C. Miller (Nelson, 4 guineas), a beautifully illustrated work, is a picture of a Dutch life- boat at sea..
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The Sherkin Mail Boat
Baltimore, Co. Cork. At 1.35 on the afternoon of the 31st of January, 1961, the honorary secretary learnt that the Sherkin mail boat was in difficulties.
Her engine had failed, and she was drifting ashore. The life-boat...
The German Barque Hera
The wreck of the German barque Hera in Gerrans Bay on the 1st February was unfor- tunately attended by the loss of nineteen lives. The vessel, which was a four- masted barque, of nearly 2,000 tons, was bound from Pisagua with a cargo of...
From the Fighting Services.
The fighting services have again been most generous with their help. Between them last year they gave over £12,000. The Nary gave seven times as much as in the last yeat of peace; the Air Force eight times as much; the Army tifteen...
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