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Artic Stream
— During a terrific S.E. gale on the 22nd February, the ship Arctic Stream, of Glasgow, was totally wrecked between Cresswell and New- biggin. She was bound at the time from Leith to the Tyne in ballast. The Life-boats Ada Lewis, of...
Wellington of Aberystwith
On the 14th April, during 'a very severe gale of wind, a brig was seen to part from her anchors in the Mumbles Roads, and to bum signals of distress. The Wolverhampton life-boat was promptly launched, and remained by the vessel until,...
Elizabeth
The life-boat Grace Darling achieved a gallant rescue near this station, during violent gale on the 11th of October.
On that day the Elizabeth, & sloop belong- ing to Sunderland, was forced on to the Pftrtin Steel rocks...
Two French Fishing Smacks
On the 31st De- cember, two French fishing-smacks were seen driving out of Dungeness Roads down on a lee-shore, off Dymchurch. The wind was blowing a strong gale from the S.W.
The Dungeness life-boat, the Providence, was...
Life-Boat Books and Articles
IN October, 1936, and 1937, supplements were published with The Life-boat giving particulars of books, and also articles in periodicals, which dealt with the life-boat service or in which the service was mentioned. All which could be traced...
Category: Articles
Cameo
Wicklow, County Wicklow. — On the 10th of September, 1950, the Wicklow life-boat rescued the crew of eleven of the M.V. Cameo of Glasgow.—Rewards, to Coxswain Edward Kavanagh, the bronze medal for gallantry; to motor mechanic J. Bonus, the...
Portrait of a Coxswain
Coxswain John Donnan, of the Cloughey-Portavogie, Co. Down, life-boat Glencoe, Glasgow.
Appointed coxswain in April, 1966, he had previously been second coxswain from April, 1961, to March, 1966. In 1965 the old Cloughey...
Category: Articles
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Category: Advertisement
Twelve Members of Lloyds Bank Branches
Twelve members of Lloyds Bank branches all over the City were among the many hundreds of RNLI supporters who were out selling flags on London Lifeboat Day last March; the Lloyds contingent collected £536.66. The total sum collected on... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Daniel Norman
Daniel Norman was accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum for the rescue of a girl swept into the sea off Watchet on September 12, 1981; the service was reported in the spring 1982 issue of THE LIFEBOAT. After the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs