LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Stormy Passage
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 124 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 50 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to August 31st, 1934 63,721 A Stormy Passage.
By COMMANDER J. M. UPTON,...
Category: Articles
The Merchant Shipping Act, 1875
UNSEAWORTHY SHIPS, 38 & 39 VICTORIA, CAP. 88.) THE Act -which was passed at the end of last Session for the better security of ships and sailors, although only to con- tinue in force for one year, is of consider- able importance, as...
Category: Articles
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...
Category: Articles
Gudveig and the Latvian Steamer Everene (1)
JANUARY 25TH. - HOLY ISLAND, AND NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
The Norwegian steamer Gudveig, of Oslo, and the Latvian steamer Everene, of Riga, had been sunk by mine or torpedo, but other steamers had picked up a...
Triodos Bank
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Category: Advertisement
Lifeboat Services (1)
AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1991 Aberdeen, Grampian D class: October 27 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 27: August 8,11 (twice), 12, 21, 25, 31, September 3 and October 6 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: August 16 (twice), 23 (three times),...
Category: Services
One Act Plays
Two new one act plays on the subject of the Life-boat Service have recently been written. Both are available to branches for local performances, and in each case the author is willing to forgo any royalties when branches produce the play in...
Category: Articles
Ordinary people doing extraordinary things
Volunteers are very much at the heart of the RNLI. The charity's lifesaving service could not exist without their passion and relies on an army of willing helpers to go out in lifeboats, to fundraise, to promote safety and...
Category: Articles
Their Stint Done: a Nine-Year-Old and His Dog Who on June 9 With 274 Other Pupils of St.Peter's Church of England Junior School Harborne Birmingham Helped to Raise £
Their stint done: a nine-year-old and his dog who, on June 9, with 274 other pupils of St Peter's Church of England Junior School, Harborne, Birmingham, helped to raise £1,200 for the RNLI on a sponsored walk round Harborne Cricket... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Sharp End
Launching a D class from an open beach can be a very wet business -this is Withernsea's inflatable on the wrong end of a dumping breaker. And this is just the beginning of a lifeboat service…. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs