LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lifeboat Services
East Division Among sandbanks AT 1621 on Sunday March 31, 1985, a coastguard auxiliary from Brancaster reported to his Great Yarmouth coordination centre that he had a board sailor in sight who was in trouble. He was lying on his board,...
Category: Services
Lifeboat Services
West Division Carried off shore LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Fleetwood lifeboat station at 1749 on Friday March 23, 1984, that a board sailor was in trouble a short distance from the shore opposite Rossall Hospital...
Category: Services
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
SERVICES OF THE LIFE-BOATS OF THE NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
LLANELLY, SOUTH Witis—On the 7 January, 1867, intelligence was received here that a vessel was amongst the breakers on the Towyn Sands with signals of...
Category: Services
A Fine Service By the Broughty Ferry Motor Life-Boat
A VEKY fine service was performed by the Broughty Ferry Motor Life-boat on the llth April, 1919, when she rescued six pilots from the pilot cutter Day Dream, of Dundee. Just before one in the morning the news was received that a ship had run...
Category: Services
Book Reviews
Another valuable contribution to life-boat history has been made by Grahame Farr in his latest volume in the Wreck and Rescue Series. This tells the story of the South Devon life-boats (Wreck and Rescue on the Coast of Devon, D. Bradford...
Category: Articles
Mersey
Length 11.77m (38ft 7in) Beam 4m (13ft) Displacement Approx. 14 tons Speed 16 knots Range 140 n. miles Crew 6 Construction Aluminium or FRC. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
People and Places
New Year's Honours Her Majesty The Queen has honoured the following for their services to the RNLI in this year's New Year Honours list: On Station The following lifeboats have taken up duty: ALL-WEATHER Blyth - Trent class 14-06 (ON...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
EASTBOURNE.—THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a new and additional Life-boat station at Eastbourne in order to strengthen the Life- boat service on that coast, the Local Committee unanimously approving of the formation of...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
.Friday, 5th July, 1918.
The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.
Bead and confirmed the minutes of the previous meetings.
Also read and confirmed the minutes of the...
Category: Committee
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Otnxrtc.—Bust at His Majesty KING EDWARD VII. Double Legend : " Royal National Life-boat Institution.
Founded In 1824. Incorporated 1860. King Edward VII...
Category: Medals