LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 8th January, 1891.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and Corre-...
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CORRECTION
Mr. J. P. Morris, of Coventry, who is a member of the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society, was quick to spot an inaccuracy in the caption to the photograph of the Workington life-boat which appeared on page 493 of the December, 1968, issue Of...
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The S.S. Aina
In response to information received from the Coast- guard, the Motor Life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 11.15 A.M. on the 13th January in a strong W.S.W. breeze, with a moderate sea, and went out to the Haisborough Sands. Finding noth-...
Alfred (Alf) Manning,
Alfred (Alf) Manning, Margate lifeboat coxswain from 1966 until 1982. Alf joined the crew in 1946 and was appointed bowman in 1955, and second coxswain in 1958. Alf was awarded a coxswain's certificate of service and a long service badge...
Category: Obituaries
Two Rowing Boats
SIX RESCUED FROM TWO BOATS Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 6th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that four children were in difficulties in a rowing boat off Proud Giltar. Twelve minutes...
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Stromness, Orkneys.—At eight o'clock on the evening of the 17th of January, 1955, news reached the life-boat station that food was short in the Quoyloo district, and that supplies could not be taken overland as the roads were blocked by...
Taking Shipwrecked Persons from a Wreck, and Their Stowage In a Life-Boat
As the running before a heavy broken sea is the most dangerous operation which a life-boat has to perform, and its safe execu- tion may often depend, not only on the skilful management of the oars or sails and steerage, but also on the...
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Income and Expenditure.—1st April, 1854, to 31st March, 1855
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Income and Expenditure.—1st April, 1853, to 31st March, 1854
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Income and Expenditure.—1st January to 31st December, 1872
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