LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sailing Boat Dorothy
Barmouth, Merionethshire.—Shortly after two o'clock in the afternoon of the 3rd of September, 1951, the sailing boat Dorothy was seen to cap- size one and a half miles off Cric- cieth. She belonged to the Morfa Bychan Public Schools Camp...
Notes of the Quarter
Last year the Institution had a deficit of nearly £124,000, and the figures for revenue and expenditure at the end of the first six months of the present year indicate that in 1967 there is every likelihood of an even larger deficit. At...
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Notes of the Quarter
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to October 31st, 1953 78,410 Notes of the Quarter First Shore-boat Award of the Year Two...
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How the Women Launched the Life-Boat. (From the Toilers of the Deep.)
THE little cliff-side village In sleepy stillness lay, When the fishers' boats, at daybreak, Set sail from Bunswick Bay.
" God keep our sons and husbands, And bring them safely home I " Was the prayer that...
Category: Poetry
The Trawler "Ben Screel" on the Rocks
THE Institution is very anxious to form or develop Branches in the following places in the Welsh District and would be very grateful to any readers of The Lifeboat who could help it to do this, either personally or by putting it in touch... - View image in PDF
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Shore-Boat Services Rewarded By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution In 1891
Jan. 8.—Voted 31. to six men for putting off in a coble and bringing ashore the crew of two men from the collier Diamond, of Scarborough, which was dragging her anchors in a strong gale from the N., and a heavy sea, on the 18th...
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The M.T.B. Naraya
JUNE 17TH. - COVERACK, CORNWALL.
At 7.25 in the morning information was received, through the coastguard, that a motor torpedo boat was ashore at Downance Cove, Kennack Bay, and the motor life-boat The Three Sisters was...
Reading the sea
From surfers to fishermen to lifeboat coxswains, people who rely on the sea need to be expert at understanding what it’s doing. But how well do you know your tides, waves and currents?
The sea is changing all the time....
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The Famous 'Blue Peter' Lifeboat Appeal Was Made on 5Th December, 1966. It Asked for 60,000 Paper-Backed Books. the Response Was So Great That the Books, When Sold, Made Enough Money
The famous 'Blue Peter' lifeboat appeal was made on 5th December, 1966. It asked for 60,000 paper-backed books.
The response was so great that the books, when sold, made enough money to purchase not one but four... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Dredger Samphire
Fenit, and Valentia, Co. Kerry. — On the afternoon of the 80th of January, 1951, anxiety was felt for the safety of the crew of seven of the Tralee Harbour Commissioners dredger Samphire.
Nothing had been heard of...