LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mug-In-Time Canteen for Blyth.
The Inner Circle of Ladies' Clubs of Great Britain and Ireland have, through the Women's Voluntary Service, presented the Blyth Station with a portable canteen (known as a "mug-in-time" canteen) containing two thermos urns...
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204 Medals
In the five years life-boatmen have been awarded by the Institution 7 gold, 41 silver and 153 bronze medals. They have also won two Distinguished Service Medals, four British Empire Medals and one George Medal. In all they have won 204...
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Five Years and Three Months of War
In five years and three months of war our life-boats have rescued 5,895 lives from ships and aeroplanes. That is an average of 21 lives every week, or three lives rescued for every one during the 20 years of peace between the two...
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The Institution's Treasurer
THE Earl of Harrowby, who has been the Institution's treasurer since 1899, resigned in November, 1946, and the Duke of Montrose, chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council, and a vicepresident of the Institution has accepted the...
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On the Goodwins
Two steamers from which the Walmer life-boat rescued eighty-three lives. In the foreground, the American Luray Victory, wrecked on January 30th, 1946; in the background, the Greek ha, wrecked on March 8th, 1947. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Obituary
Ex-Coxswain Robert Smith, of Tynemouth; Mrs. Margaret Armstrong, of Cresswell; Mr. Sholto F. Middleton, Honorary Secretary of the Seaford Branch; Mr. Herbert F. Lancashire, J.P., of Nottingham, a Member of the Committee of...
Category: Obituaries
Services by Life-boats
Services by the Life-boats of the Institution, by Shore-boats and by Auxiliary Rescue boats during 1944 During the year life-boats were launched 455 times. Of these launches 280 were to vessels and aeroplanes in distress through attack by...
Category: Services
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JULY 30TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. A man had been swept away by the tide while swimming off Dumpton Gap, but the life-boat could not find him, and he was washed ashore, still alive, near Broadstairs. - Rewards, £6 7s.
A Launch
SEPTEMBER 28TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE. A launch attached to a Coast Artillery School had got into difficulties and had capsized after striking a diving tower, but the crew were all rescued from the shore. - Rewards, £8 17s....
An Admiralty Minelayer
NOVEMBER 22ND. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An Admiralty minelayer had run aground, but her crew were saved from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus. - Rewards, Barmouth, £8 6s. ; Pwllheli,...