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Christiana

Date: November 1892

Volume: 15

Issue: 166

CARDIGAN.—On the 3rd May, the crew, consisting of two men, of the smack Christiana, of Cardigan, were safely landed by the Life-boat Lizzie and Charles Leigh Clare, their vessel having stranded on the West side of Cardigan bar, in a moderate...

Mr. Henry W. 'swank' Davies

Date: April 1971

Volume: 42

Issue: 435

One of the R.N.L.I.'s most famous life-boat mechanics, Mr. Henry W. 'Swank' Davies, of Cromer, died in January. As mechanic, it was his work with the engines which enabled some of the daring manoeuvres to be attempted— and made...

Category: Obituaries

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Date: 1939

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1939

OCT. 25TH. - DOVER, KENT. The motor life-boat Sir William Hillary was launched at 4.50 P.M. at the request of the chief of staff of H.M. Naval Base at Dover. A strong E.N.E. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. As the service was of a...

Shoreham Harbour

Date: 1941

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1941

SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX On the 16th November, 1941, the Shoreham Harbour life-boat rescued the crew of twenty-one of H.M. Minesweeper President Briand, and also the life-boat coxswain, who was on board as pilot.

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Category: Medals

Austin Motor Company's Gift.

Date: June 1942

Volume: War Years

Issue: War Bulletin 8

The Austin Motor Company has generously offered to give the Institution one shilling for each horse power of every engine which it makes for a ship's life-boat. The first cheque for £240, for all engines which It had delivered up to...

Category: Articles

INJURED TEEN REACHES SAFETY

Date: Summer 2015

Volume: 61

Issue: 612 Lifeboat Magazine Summer 2015

TENBY | 9 APRIL
Tenby all-weather lifeboat crew raced to the aid of a 14-year-old girl, who had fallen on rocks at Barafundle Beach. Suffering suspected back and neck injuries, including a broken...

Category: Articles

Dr A. Wattison,

Date: Winter 1987

Volume: 50

Issue: 499

Dr A. Wattison, chairman of Anstruther station branch. He was honorary medical adviser at Anstruther for over 25 years, being awarded the Scottish Council Record of Thanks. Dr Wattison became chairman of the branch in 1982..

Category: Obituaries

Portrait of a Coxswain

Date: July 1970

Volume: 41

Issue: 432

Coxswain Robert Lee, of the Douglas, l.o.M., life-boat fl. A ColbyGubbinNo.2. Appointed coxswain in April, 1950, he had been a member of the crew for many years. Coxswain Lee's grandfather was bowman until he was lost at sea while...

Category: Articles

Tijl Uilenspiegel

Date: Summer 1989

Volume: 51

Issue: 509

Six lifeboats in search for missing Belgian trawler The new Tyne class lifeboat at Douglas, Isle of Man, had a testing time during her first service, in a search for a missing Belgian trawler which lasted for 11 hours in Force 7 winds and...

Maritime Book Society (Readers Union)

Date: Autumn 1977

Volume: 45

Issue: 462

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