LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Hundred Years Ago
ON January 5th, 1847, Lieut.-Col. Sir William Hillary, Bt., the founder of the Life-boat Service, died in the Isle of Man at the age of seventy-eight. He was not only the founder of the service, but one of the greatest of its life-boatmen,...
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Lifesaving savings (1)
Open a savings account with Furness Building Society and support the RNLI.
Furness Building Society has launched an affinity account with the RNLI under a ‘You save – we give’ banner. The society will make a cash payment...
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Letters
Stick or pin? Is this the end of an era? Another chapter ended in our history? I refer to the demise of that ancient institution, the boat-on-a-pin flag day emblem, which is now being replaced by the adhesive type.
What...
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First Lifeboat at Skegness 30Ft Overall
First lifeboat at Skegness, 30ft overall, was built by William Plenty. - View image in PDF
She is portrayed here going to the rescue of the brig Hermione in 1833, Coxswain Samuel Moody at her helm.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Elisabeth Hillmann
Mrs Elisabeth Hillmann Lake District branch chairman.
Elisabeth joined the branch as secretary in 1978 and was chairman from 1983 until her retirement in 1994. She was awarded the Silver badge in 1989..
Category: Obituaries
A Barge
MAY 13TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A barge had struck a wreck and sunk with a cargo of wheat. The weather was calm, and the life-boat attempted to salve her, but she was too badly damaged.- Rewards, £8 14s..
A Steamer (1)
JANUARY 15TH. - DONAGHADEE, CLOUGHEY, AND NEWCASTLE, CO.
DOWN. A steamer had gone ashore. The life-boats searched in the fog without finding her, for she had got off and had gone on her way to Belfast. - Rewards :...
A Rowing Boat (3)
AUGUST 29TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A small rowing boat which had gone out the previous evening had not returned, but she put in to Abersoch while the life-boat was searching. - Rewards : £5 14s..
None (45)
AUGUST 25TH. - CLOGHER HEAD, CO. LOUTH. A woman had been carried out of her depth while bathing, but she was drowned before the life-boat could reach her,and her body was recovered from the shore.
- Rewards, £8...
Rnli News
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Traditional rivalry between the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh is being used to good effect following the declared intent of Glasgow's Lord Provost, The Right Honorable Robert Gray, JP, that the...
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