LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter
The world's first lifeboat station? Until recently it has been accepted that the world's first lifeboat station was at Bamburgh, Northumberland, where, in 1786, Dr John Sharp, the chief administrator of the Crewe Trust, persuaded...
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
NEWCASTLE, DUNDRUM BAY. — The locality of Dundrum Bay, on the east coast of Ireland, has, during the last three or four years, been the site of numerous wrecks, lying as it does at the entrance of the channel between the Isle of Man and the...
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Lifeboat Appeals
North East A Tyneside lifeboat appeal has been launched in the North East under the patronage of Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland to contribute towards the cost of the 52ft Arun lifeboat which has recently gone on station...
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Unsung heroes: Elsie Macrae
Elsie has been an education volunteer in the north east of Scotland for 2 years
What’s your day job?
I used to work offshore as an engineer on oil rigs, but I’ve been called to the ministry so am currently studying for...
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Zem Zem, of London
JULY 18TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX.
As soon as the motor life-boat J. B.
Proudfoot, on temporary duty at the station, returned at 4.40 in the afternoon, after towing the boat Harriett into...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 12th January, 1893, Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Bead and confirmed the Minutes of the Finance and...
Category: Committee
Gordon Stokes Chairman of Burton-On-Trent Branch Recently Received a Cheque for £410 from John Tester of Burton Diving Club the Money Had Been Collected Fro
Gordon Stokes, chairman of Burton-on-Trent branch, recently received a cheque for £410 from John Tester of Burton Diving Club.
The money had been collected from a crowd watching the diving club's annual raft race... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution In 1884
Jan. 3.—Voted 201. to the crew of the Salvage I Life-boat, Refuge, of Gorleston, for saving the crew, consisting of two men, of the sloop Freedom, of Boston, which was wrecked on the Cross Sand during a strong wind from the N.N.W. and a high...
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Barrus
Mariner doesn't just promise reliability.
It proves it! If you're considering buying an outboard, whatever the size, you'll have noticed that almost every manufacturer promises greater reliability as an...
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