LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Raft L'Egare II
The Lizard and Falmouth, Cornwall.—• At 2.25 on the afternoon of the 20th of August, 1956, the Lizard coast- guard reported that the raft L'Egare II needed the help of a life-boat about thirty miles south-west of Lizard Head, and that...
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The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
FOR THE PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, "L. C. Wyon.'r Double legend, " Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded in 1824.<...
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The Life-Boat
The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat...
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Against the flow – the first woman to sail solo the ‘wrong way’ around the world
Against the flow – the first woman to sail solo the ‘wrong way’ around the world
by Dee Caffari
Review by Tim Robertson
The comparisons are inevitable I suppose – two women competing solo in a...
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Notes of the Quarter
THE life-boat service can look back with both satisfaction and gratitude on the year 1963 as a whole. Life-boats saved no fewer than 354 lives; the new inshore rescue boats saved 10 lives, and 224 lives were saved by shore- boats in services...
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Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain James Wilson of St. Abbs, who first joined the St. Abbs crew in 1947.
He was assistant mechanic from 1951 to 1953, when he was appointed cox- swain. Since he joined the crew...
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The Bull Lightvessel
Humber, Yorkshire. At 9.20 on the morning of the 5th May, 1961, the Humber Conservancy told the cox- swain that a man in the Bull lightvessel had been injured and asked if the life- boat would land him because the weather was too bad for the...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Richard Evans of Moelfre. He was appointed coxswain in 1954 after serving as second coxswain from 1939 to 1954 and as bowman from 1930 to 1939. He was awarded the bronze medal for gallantry for the...
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Flekkefjord
In response to signals, the Albert Edward Life-boat was launched at midnight on the 25th April, during a strong N.E. wind and a rough sea, and proceeded under double-reefed sails to the Swin Middle Light-vessel, where the crew were informed...