LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.—The Life-boat Duncan was launched from this station at 6 A.M. on the 10th October last, and rescued 2 men from a perilous position on board the fishing smack Gleaner. A sudden storm had compelled a number of fishing...
Category: Services
Hawke and Esther
ILFRACOMBE, DEVONSHIRE.—On the afternoon of the 12th January a message «/ O was received stating that two vessels had been in collision off Bull Point.
The crew of the Life-boat Co-operator No. 2 were promptly...
Mrs Frances Seaton Names the New Relief Fleet D Class Inflatable 41 Club III at a Ceremony In the Rnli's Poole Depot
Mrs Frances Seaton names the new relief fleet D class inflatable 41 Club I/I at a ceremony in the RNLI's Poole depot. The lifeboat was funded by the Association of Ex-Tablers Clubs.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Bradford Exchange
In celebration of the € Oth Anniversary of Dunkirk: Each plaie measures 6 '/« x 8 'A inches (15.8120.9 cm) Hardwood plate display measures appro*. 25 '/2 x 8 '/2 inches 'Endeavour' THE SPIRIT OF DUNKIRK An...
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D class lifeboats help nearly 600 people to safety from floodingThe sterling efforts of the crews of three North Wales lifeboats during the severe flooding which hit the area in late February 1990 have earned the stations special...
Do Whales Get the Bends?
Do Whales Get the Bends?
by Tony Rice
Review by Lucie Grisdale
Tony Rice is a former marine biologist who now spends his time lecturing about his experiences and knowledge of the ocean on...
Category: Articles
Rescue By American Helicopter
Ix the early hours of the morning of the 27th of November, 1954, the South Goodwin lightvessel began to drift. The first man on shore to have any suspicion that something might be amiss with the lightvessel was the Deal coastguard, who...
Category: Services
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Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 4.0 in the afternoon, on the 29th of November, 1950, the pier-master reported that a vessel was pounding against the pier, damaging it. At 4.25 the life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3 was launched in a...
Annual Report. 1893
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION, held at St. Martin's Town Hall, Charing Cross Road, on Saturday, the 18th day of March, 1893, His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., in the Chair, the...
Category: Annual Reports
Centenaries of Life-Boat Stations. Presentation of Vellums Signed By the Prince of Wales
As announced in the last issue of The Lifeboat, the Committee of Management decided in May that every Life-boat Station, on the completion of a hundred years, should be presented with a Vellum to be hung in the Town Hall or other public...
Category: Articles