LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obeerm.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, " L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded in...
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Oil As a Wave Smoother
The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette recently called attention in a leading article to the advisability of the use of oil during rough weather at sea under certain favourable conditions. They remarked that it was gratifying to observe that...
Category: Articles
There Seemed to Be No End to the Ideas Devised for 'Operation Lifeboat' the Scouts' 'Year of the Lifeboat' Project to Raise £100000 to Pay for An Offshore Lifeboat (Top Left)
There seemed to be no end to the ideas devised for 'Operation Lifeboat', the Scouts' 'Year of the Lifeboat' project to raise H00,000 to pay for an offshore lifeboat. (Top left) Bristol South West District Cubs collected... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Harvest Hope
Longhope, Orkneys.—At 1.57 on the morning of the 1st of June, 1951, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that the fishing vessel Harvest Hope, of Lerwick, had run ashore south-south- west of Copinsay; and at 2.35 the life-boat Thomas McCunn...
The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
LI. HASTINGS.—The Charles Arkcoll, 34 feet by 8 feet 3 inches, 10 oars.
" Thou old sea town, crouching beneath the rocks, Like a strong lion waiting for his prey— Where are thy river, harbour, and the docks, In which...
Category: Articles
Double Toil and Trouble
Even experienced sailors can misjudge their situation. Carol Waterkeyn reports on a testing service to two yachts caught out close to harbour
Mr and Mrs Burris checked the forecast on 25 June 2007 as they prepared to sail...
Category: Articles
The Tiny Much Wenlock Branch of the Rnli In the Middle of England Is Reported to Be Suddenly Doing Very Well Indeed' Here Are Some of Its Members In Fund-Raising Fo
The tiny Much H'enlock brunch of the RNLI in the middle of England is reported to be 'suddenly doing very well indeed'. Here are some of its members in fund-raising form.
by courtesy of The Shropshire Star and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Wreck on the Cornish Coast
WE have, on a previous page, given an account of the loss of valuable lives occasioned by an accident to a life-boat. The following is an interesting'and affecting narrative of the loss of a valuable life, illustrative of another phase...
Category: Articles
July
Launches 40 Lives rescued 24
JULY 6TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 12.35 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel aground on South Scroby Sands, and a few minutes later another message came that a...
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Page & Moy
Your itinerary Day 1 Harwich Take advantage of our special offer coach travel to ihe porl for just £ 10 per person. The ship sails at 6'pm.
Day 2 Cruising Day 3 Kirkwall, Orkneys £ Visit historic Scapa Flow or...
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