LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
News from the Branches. 1st May to 31st July, 1937
Greater London.
Life-boat day was held throughout Greater London on 25th May. The amount raised was £5,323, an increase of £276 on 1936.
Presentation by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the...
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The 44Ft Waveney Introduced from the Us Coast Guard In 1964 Was the First of the Rnli's Fast Afloat Boats the Us Coast Guard 44Ft Steel Motor Lifeboat Seen Here Is Out Ofquillyute Lifeboat Sta
The 44ft Waveney, introduced from the US Coast Guard in 1964, was the first of the RNLI's fast afloat boats. The US Coast Guard 44ft steel motor lifeboat seen here is out ofQuillyute lifeboat station. Lapush. Washington. photograph by... - View image in PDF
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An Aeroplane (67)
APRIL 29TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. A British Sunderland aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £10 14s.
(See Bardsey Island, “ Services by Shoreboats,” page...
The Mine-sweeping Trawler Nodzu
OCTOBER 6TH. - CULLERCOATS , NORTHUMBERLAND. At about 11.26 A.M. the life-boat coxswain received a telephone message from the Blyth coastguard that a vessel was ashore about one mile south of St. Mary’s Island, and at 11.35 A.M. the motor...
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Barmouth, Merionethshire - At 11.40 a.m. on i6th February, 1967, cattle were reported to be trapped by the incoming tide among the groynes and rocks to the north of Llanaber Holt, about one and a half miles north of Barmouth. The life-boat...
News from the Branches. 1st January to 31st March
Greater London.
CITY.—Annual meeting at the Mansion House, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. Amount collected in 1932 £6,241, as compared with £7,647 in 1931.
CLAPHAM.—Whist drive....
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The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sands
by Erskine Childers
Review by Sarah Bass
As Summer draws to a close, Carruthers is stuck in London at his Home Office job while his friends socialise outside of the city....
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The Lough of the Irish
With half of its crew women, seven of its volunteers from the same family and not a drop of salt water in sight, Lough Derg is a unique lifeboat stationAt the turn of the Millennium the RNLI began to look at new ways to save lives, in...
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An Aeroplane (53)
DECEMBER 17TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. An SOS had been reported from an aeroplane, but later she landed safely.
The representative in Eire of the British Government expressed thanks to the life-boat crew...
Sir William Hillary, Founder of the Institution
WHEN, in March, 1920, I paid my first visit to the Isle of Man, I did so for a double reason. I wanted to see all the Isle of Man Stations and to have the advantage of meeting the Honorary Secretaries and Committees. But the main object in...
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