LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter
IN HIS SPEECH to the governors of the Institution at the annual general meeting held at the Royal Festival Hall on May 12, the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the RNLI, reported that 1980 had been a year of great achievement for the RNLI, with...
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KISS OF LIFE
A 13-year-old’s quick thinking and love for his Dad keep them both alive when a February kayaking trip goes wrong
After a good breakfast, Paul Rowlands kissed his wife Julie goodbye and set off on an adventure with his son...
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Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck. Appeal
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(.Incorporated by Royal Charter.) Patroness—HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
President—ADMIRAL His GRACE THE DUKE OF...
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Show of strength
The RNLI's history is full of dramatic twists and turns – and Alan Tyson's mission to weave them into a play is an interesting yarn in itself
‘Now hear ye all of this, good men of Bamburgh,’ shouted the cloaked man...
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Dawn, of Grimsby
A similar service was performed by this boat on the 18th August, when the fishing smack Dawn of Grimsby, which had gone ashore in a bad sea, but fine weather, was also got afloat by having assistance, which, from the heavy surf, could not...
Heikendorf, of Kiel
On I2th December, 1966, the Aberdeen life-boat Ramsay-Dyce took out a doctor to the German trawler Heikendorf of Kiel. A full account of this service, for which a special award was made to Doctor J. Leiper^ appears on page 145..
Maya, of Beirut
On 1st December, 1966, the Swanage life-boat R.L.P. landed a sick man from the motor vessel Maya of Beirut. A full account of this service, for which a special award was made to Doctor D. I. Aitken, appears on page 144..
Beginning of the New Fleet
When the war in Europe ended sixteen months ago, six life-boats were in the yard waiting to be finished. Four of them have since gone to the coast.
Of the 29 life-boats which the Institution had planned to build as soon as...
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Portrait of a Coxswain
Coxswain John Donnan, of the Cloughey-Portavogie, Co. Down, life-boat Glencoe, Glasgow.
Appointed coxswain in April, 1966, he had previously been second coxswain from April, 1961, to March, 1966. In 1965 the old Cloughey...
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The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
XXXVIII.—WALMER.
Centurion, 36 feet long, 9 feet 4 inches beam, 12 oars.
TOWARDS the end of the year 1856 a Life-boat was placed on this station by the Institution, in aid of which the Royal Thames Yacht...
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