LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Storm on the Waters
STORM ON THE WATERS The Story of the Life-boat Service in the War of 1939-1945 By CHARLES VINCE " Read it, and you will hear the gales roaring; no breeziness here, no mere soldier's wind, but a blow to match the courage of the...
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Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 17th Aug., 1854. A Special Meeting of the General Committee was held this day. His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G., President, in the Chair.
Confirmed the Minutes of the previous...
Category: Committee
Life-Boat Communications
FOR maximum effectiveness and safety in the covirse of their work life-boats, both conventional and inshore, must have contact with other units involved. They must, therefore, be able to talk to shore stations, aircraft and other craft at...
Category: Articles
There they are, boy. They were heroes
Seventy years ago, St Ives in Cornwall lost seven men to the sea. Their lives are some of the many celebrated by the new RNLI memorial sculpture in Poole
Present-day St Ives Coxswain Tommy Cocking (53) is the great...
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The Duke of Northumberland's Prize Life-Boat Essay Competition
THIS year's competition, tie fifth to be held, proved, on the whole, still more successful than last year's, when the competition was revived after an inter- val of three years.
Nine hundred and forty-seven schools...
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and Talks With Mrs Winstone of Sheffield Donor of the Lifeboat With Them (I) Is John Atterton Deputy Director of the Institution Photograph By Courtesy of 'Liverpool Daily Post'
. . . and talks with Mrs Winstone of Sheffield, donor of the lifeboat. With them (I.) is John Atterton, deputy director of the Institution. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of 'Liverpool Daily Post'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Last August Taunton Achieved a Total of £227 for the Rnli With a 'Mile of Money' First Off the Mark Was the Mayor Hzre Seen Laying His Coins on the Tape Photograp
Last August Taunton achieved a total of £227 for the RNLI with a 'Mile of Money'. First off the mark was the Mayor, hzre seen laying his coins on the tape . . . - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Jack Beale. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Elmo
NO PETROL Hartlepool, Co. Durham. — At nine o'clock on the night of the 2nd of December, 1947, the coastguard tele- phoned that a small boat was continu- ously flashing a light about one mile north-north-east of the lighthouse. A small...
Viva
St. Helier, Jersey.—At 10.45 on the night of the 1st of August, 1949, the harbour office reported that a resident of Bel Royal had seen a rocket off St.
Aubins, and at 11.20 the life-boat Hearts of Oak, on temporary duty at...
An Aircraft
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—During the night of the 31st March, 1938, the coastguard reported that an aircraft had come down in the sea off Brighton, and was firing Very lights. A light west breeze was blowing, with a slight sea. The motor...