LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Four-Day Christmas Art Exhibition Was Mounted By Littlehampton Branch
A four-day Christmas art exhibition was mounted by Littlehampton branch at the auction rooms of Peter Cheney, the station's chairman and honorary secretary. Fifty-two West Sussex artists exhibited and many pictures and craft goods were... - View image in PDF
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A Thrilling Rescue Among the Rocks
ON Saturday, 19th November last, the St. Helier life-boat took part in another midnight rescue two months after that which earned Coxswain Thomas King a Gold Medal and his crew bronze medals, last September 14th. This time the station...
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The Thurso Caithness Life-Boat Pentland (Civil Service No 31) Heading for Scrabster on the North Coast of Scotland With the Upturned Longhope Orkney Life-Boat TGB
The Thurso, Caithness, life-boat Pent/and (Civil Service No. 31) heading for Scrabster on the north coast of Scotland with the upturned Longhope, Orkney, life-boat T.G.B. in tow. The photograph was taken on 18th March, 1969, by a Shackleton... - View image in PDF
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National Life-Boat Museum
The R.N.L.I's charter does not make provision for the preservation of old lifeboats and equipment, and the National Lifeboat Museum Bristol was therefore established as an independent registered charity for this...
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October
Launches 30. Lives rescued 19.
OCTOBER 6TH. - PORT ERIN, AND PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. Shortly after two in the morning the Ramsey coastguard informed both life-boat stations that a ship was in distress W.S.W. of the...
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A Long Search on the Goodwin Sands
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 153 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to June 30th, 1952 77,747 A Long Search on the Goodwin Sands AT 10.53 on the night of the 13th...
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the Silver Cloud
Coverack, Cornwall.—On the 22nd September a fisherman took three visitors out fishing in his motor launch, the Silver Cloud, of Coverack. They were expected back by seven in the evening, but as they had not returned by midnight, and anxiety...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
SEATON CAREW, DURHAM.—On the night of April 12th, signals of distress were observed on the North Gare Sand, at the entrance to the River Tees, the wind from the S.E. with a high sea on. The Seaton Carew life-boat was at once launched and...
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The Photograph Below Shows the Prince of Wales at the Helm of B-3 Inflatable Craft During a Visit to Atlantic College, St. Donat's Castle, Glamorganshire, Where He Was Shown a Number of Simila
The photograph below shows the Prince of Wales at the helm of B-3 inflatable craft during a visit to Atlantic College, St. Donat's Castle, Glamorganshire, where he was shown a number of similar experimental boats.
He... - View image in PDF
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