LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter
THE sad story of the acting Selsey coxswain, Douglas Arnell, who was obliged to relinquish his post because of colour blindness, was widely reported in the press earlier this year. It may therefore be helpful to explain the RNLI's...
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Signals for Pilots
Required to be used and displayed on and after the 1st November, 1873, in accordance with the 19th section of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1873, if a vessel requires the services of a Pilot.
"In the Day-time.—The...
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Net results
Harvesting the fruit of the sea has been a way of life since the first hunter–gatherers left their footprints in the muds of time – and it’s close to the heart of the RNLI too
The earliest of...
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Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards
SUNSHINE greeted lifeboat people from all parts of the country who began to gather on South Bank, by the River Thames, early on Tuesday May 11 for what was to be a most moving and memorable day.
It was a day which...
Category: Awards
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Tuesday, 2nd August 1860. Capt. Sir EDWARD PERROTT, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Bead and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of .the Finance, Correspondence, Wreck and Reward and Barometer Sub-...
Category: Committee
The Merchant Vessel Craigantlet
Stranded BELFAST COASTGUARD reported to the honorary secretary of Portpatrick lifeboat station at 0355 on Friday February 26, 1982, that Craigantlet, a merchant vessel on passage from Belfast to Liverpool, laden, had gone ashore off...
Medals of the Institution Granted to Naval and Marine Officers
IT has been repeatedly suggested that we, the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITU- TION might publish a list of those officers of has been awarded. We accordingly the Royal Navy and Marines now living to place the same before our readers. It...
Category: Medals
Additional Life-Boats to Come Into Production Will Include Those of the 70-Foot, 48-Foot 6-Inch Solent, 44-Foot Steel and 37-Foot Oakley Classes. the Four Types Mentioned Are Shown Above In That Or
Additional life-boats to come into production will include those of the 70-foot, 48-foot 6-inch Solent, 44-foot steel and 37-foot Oakley classes. The four types mentioned are shown above in that order.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Feature: Cromer's Famous Son
Cromer's famous son Henry Blogg is the most decorated RNLI crew member of all time. What kind of man was this lifeboating legend, and what did he do to earn such accolades? Henry Blogg's time as a crew member and coxswain was an...
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