LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
SINKING IN THE DARK
When Angle crew members were jolted awake by the beeping of pagers at 2am, they faced a race against time to rescue the crew of a sinking fishing boat.
Waking to a direct page from the Coastguard on that chilly morning on...
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Notes of the Quarter
THE PRESENTATION of no fewer than 23 medals for gallantry, an exceptionally high number for any one year, provided the central feature of this year's annual general meeting and served as a reminder to the large number of supporters...
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The Sailing Barge Spurgeon
Margate, Kent.—At 6.7 on the even- ing of the 8th of August, 1952, thecoastguard telephoned that a sailing barge was ashore on the North-East Shingle Sands, and at 6.10 the life-boat North Foreland, Civil Service No. XI, was launched. The...
STARS IN OUR TIME OF DARKNESS
The First World War is one the darkest chapters in our history, but we will never forget the countless acts of humanity that shone through – including those of RNLI lifeboat crews on the home front
This year, we celebrate...
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Branches of the National Life-Boat Institution
Donations under £10 are omitted after having been twice inserted.
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ALDBOROUGH AND THORPE.BB.
ARDMORE BRANCH .
ABERDOVEY BRANCH AINMOUTH BRANCH...
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The Launch Golden Hind
Barmoutb, Merionethshire. — At three in the afternoon on the 3rd of October, 1950, the coxswain and others saw the launch Golden Hind, of Plymouth, approaching Barmouth Bar. There was a heavy sea, with a strong south- westerly breeze blowing...
The Schoolboys' Own Exhibition
THE Institution took a small stall at the Schoolboys' Own Exhibition which was held during the first week of January. On the opening day it also had the use of a stall called King Arthur's Table, which was given, without charge, to a...
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The Walmer Luggers
A TABLET has been placed on the side of the life-boathouse at Walmer, Kent, commemorating the Walmer luggers which were, in the words of the Institution's honorary secretary at Walmer, " the cradle of the life-boat- men " of...
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The Annual General Meeting
H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT, Presi- dent of the Institution, attended the annual general meeting of the governors of the Institution at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 6th of March, 1961, and presented medals for gallantry and other...
Category: Meetings
Used English and Foreign Stamps Can Earn the RNLI Money
Used English and Foreign Stamps Can Earn The RNLI Money. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs