LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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One need only look at the cork-clad oarsmen of over 100 years ago or the 'lady launchers'of the 1950s to see just how much has changed over the decades in saving lives at sea. Today's crews and lifeguards have previously undreamt...
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Seal
Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At 9.15 on the night of the 1st of June, 1956. the Orlock coastguard rang up to say that a motor boat was in distress in Don- aghadee Sound. Thelife-boatK.E.C.F., on temporary duty at the station, put out at 9.25 in a...
June
Launches 17. Lives rescued Nil JUNE 3RD. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 11.20 A.M. i t was reported by telephone that a small fishing boat was in distress to the south of Berwick pier, and the motor life-boat Elizabeth Newton, on...
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Some Account of the Growth of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution's Fleet Since the Re-Organization of the Society In 1850. III. (1886-1896)
IN the February 1896 number of the Life-boat Journal it will be remembered that the account of the growth of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITU- TION'S fleet of Life-boats was brought up to 1885, the fleet then consisting of 284 boats....
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Teesmouth, Yorkshire. At 6.10 on the evening of the 13th of December, 1959, the honorary secretary received a message that a man and his young son had not returned to Paddy's Hole as expected from a fishing trip. At 6.48 the life-boat...
GIVE IT A GO: FOSSIL HUNTING
Ever wanted to walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs?
Foraging for fossils at the coast may be the closest you’ll get
Paddy Howe’s fascination with fossils started at a young age. ‘When I was a kid, I was...
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News
Landmark ruling - is it a ship?The personal watercraft (PWC), often known by the trade name of jetski, is an increasingly popular mode of water transport. Partly resembling a motorbike, a PWC is ridden in a similar way and comes with the...
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The Late Mrs. Williams, of Llanfairynghornwy, Anglesey
IT is our painful duty to announce the death, on the 25th of October last, of Mrs. WILLIAMS, the wife of the Rev. JAMES WILLIAMS, Rector of Llanfairynghornwy, Anglesey.
This highly estimable and benevolent lady not only...
Category: Obituaries
June
Launches 29. Lives rescued 9.
JUNE 3RD. - NEW BRIGHTON , CHESHIRE. At 9.30 A.M. the coxswain was informed that the fishing boat Speedwell, of New Brighton, had broken from her moorings and gone aground between the Perch...
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