100 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT February 1891 CIVIL SERVICE LIFEBOAT FUND At the annual meeting of the committee of this fund, held on the 16th January last, and presided over by Mr.
Charles G. Turner,...
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Stormy Stan drums up interest for the Lifeboats of the Clyde appeal with a tempting supply of biscuits. - View image in PDF
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Ls December 1849 one of the South Shields life-boats upset alongside a wrecked vessel on the Herd Sand, on which occasion 20 out of 24 men who formed the crew of the boat, perished. This melancholy accident, which in one moment prematurely...
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Mersey takes four off sinking yacht in gale and heavy seas Coxswain Chris Haw of Swanage's 12m Mersey class lifeboat Robert Charles Brown has been awarded the Thanks of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Inscribed on Vellum for the...
This number of The Lifeboat is really the June number. It was almost ready to be printed when, towards the end of June, afire at the works of the Whitefriars Press, Tonbridge, destroyed nearly the whole of the type. The Committee of...
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COVER PICTURE by Cumbrian Newspapers HRH The Duchess of Kent aboard Workington's Tyne class lifeboat during her visit to Cumbria. During the Duchess's visit she named Silloth's new Atlantic 75 and opened two new... - View image in PDF
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Right - the relentless heal beats down on the brave volunteers and their D class lifeboats.. - View image in PDF
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Ilfracombe, Devon.—Shortly after 3 P.M. on the 18th November, 1938, a southerly wind was rapidly rising to a gale, with a rough sea. Three rowing fishing boats could be seen at sea by the coastguard, and at 3.30 P.M. the motor life-boat...
Doctor Dick Rutherfurd MB, vice chairman of Kirkcudbright lifeboat station branch. Dr Rutherfurd had been involved with the station since 1956, serving as honorary secretary, honorary medical adviser and committee member. He was awarded a...
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Hammering away...
The RNLI's appeal for autographed items which can be auctioned to raise funds has already attracted an enthusiastic response.
Several hundred autographs have been received at...
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