LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Edward Bridges
The largest and newest boat in the collection Edward Bridges (Civil Service and PO No.37) is one of the early wood-built Arun class, the remainder of which are still in service. The Aruns are inherently self righting because of the large... - View image in PDF
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The Lifting Barge Eileen Dubv E.
Escort for barge with dangerous list Holyhead's relief Tyne class Voluntary Worker was called on to stand by when the cargo aboard the 40m lifting barge Eileen Dubv E shifted in a Force 6 WNW wind and moderate to rough seas some seven...
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 15 February 1996 show that so far during 1995: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 7,272 times (an average of more than 19 launches a day) 1,630 lives were saved (an average of more than 4 a...
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The rescue of a swimmer and two earned the helmsman and crew of lifeguards who had gone to his aid has Sunderland's D class lifeboat and two shore helpers a letter of thanks from the RNLI's chief of operations.The incident began at...
Edward VII, of Grimsby
Thurso.
At ten at night, on the 2nd February, a message was received that a vessel had gone ashore on Brims Ness, six miles from Thurso, the scene of many wrecks. She was found later to be the trawler Edward VII., of...
Kestrel and Anemone III
Dungeness, Kent.—At 12.27 in the afternoon of the 25th of August, 1948, the Jury Gap coastguard telephoned that a yacht was making very heavy weather about one and a half miles south-south-east of the Gap, and the motor life-boat...
New Committee of Management Members
Major General Ralph H. Farrant, C.B., and Mr. Michael Vernon have been elected to the Committee of Management of the Institution.
Major General Farrant is President of the Ordnance Board, War Office.
He...
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Rnli Kensington Branch
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BotanyWool £UM Pnces include...
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Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: APRIL 1993 George Ellis, coxswain of Clacton lifeboat from 1953 to 1968. Mr Ellis joined the crew in 1934 and also served as second coxswain from 1945 to 1953.
JUNE 1993 Mrs...
Category: Obituaries
Moelfre - West Division
The picturesqe village of Moelfre straggles along the edge of a rocky headland, which presents a danger to shipping in stormy weather.
So Moelfre's lifeboat station, opened in 1830.
is justly famous -... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs