LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Heye P.
Coaster on rocks A VESSEL on the rocks at Prawle Point was reported to the honorary secretary of Salcombe lifeboat station by Prawle Point Coastguard at 2233 on Sunday December 16, 1979. Less than ten minutes later Salcombe's 47ft Watson...
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It was around this time last year that the Oban lifeboat crew saved the life of an unconscious man who was trapped in icy waters between two fishing vessels in Oban harbour (see winter 2001/02 issue, p.18). The crew's pagers went off...
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Bronze Medal for Norfolk Second Coxswain
AT half past nine on the evening of Saturday the 18th May, 1963, the Wells coastguard told the honorary secretary, Dr. E. W. Hicks, that a cabin cruiser was aground at the entrance to Blake- ney harbour.
The life-boat Cecil...
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150th Anniversary Celebrations In Scotland
ON SUNDAY, December 1, 1974, a service of thanksgiving and dedication on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the RNLI was held in St Giles' Cathedral, the High Kirk of Edinburgh. It was a simple but moving service, with clergy from...
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Margaret Ann
All in a season's work RNLI Divisional Inspector Colin Williams gives a round up of all things operational this Spring in the island of Ireland Our crews experience everything that the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean can muster, as...
Bountiful
All in a season's work RNLI Divisional Inspector Colin Williams gives a round up of all things operational this Spring in the island of Ireland Our crews experience everything that the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean can muster, as...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, 8th October, 1903.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
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The American Steamer Georgetown Victory, of Baltimore (1)
MAY 1ST. - NEWCASTLE, CLOUGHEY, AND DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. In the darkness of the early morning the American steamer Georgetown Victory, of Baltimore, ran ashore at Killard Point, Co. Down, while bound from Australia to Glasgow, with about...
A Long and Hazardous Service
COXSWAIN John King of Bridlington has been awarded the Institution's bronze medal for gallantry for a service described in the official report as 'long, frustrat- ing and hazardous'. At the end of it the life-boat saved the life...
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Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions.
PATRONESS—HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
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