LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Memorial to Richard Cowling, Who Was Coxswain of the Flamborough Life-Boat for 20 Years, Was Unveiled In Flamborough Church on 18th June
A memorial to Richard Cowling, who was coxswain of the Flamborough life-boat for 20 years, was unveiled in Flamborough church on 18th June. Here the Vicar (the Rev.
E. Appleyard) is pointing to the memorial stone which... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management
Reported to the May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management.
May Meeting.
Longhope, Orkney, and Thurso, Caith- ness-shire.—The Longhope motor life- boat Thomas McCunn was launched at 11.30...
Category: Services
Life-Boat Gear
1. Anchor and cable ; anchor for a 30-feet boat, not less than, 75 Ibs. weight; cable 60 fathoms of 3 -inch rope.
The anchor and cable to be secured to the floor of the boat amidships.
2. A grapnel 25 Ibs....
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Classified Advertisements
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The "George Hounsfield" To-Day
She was a self-righting Life-boat, 40 feet by 10 feet; served from 1870 to 1890 and rescued 99 lives.
She now lies on the beach at Aldeburgh, where she is used as a store. In frcnt of her are Tom Cable and John Pead, the... - View image in PDF
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A Rescue on Christmas Day
Bronze Medal Service at Aberdeen.
ON the evening of Christmas Day, the Aberdeen trawler, George Stroud, with a crew of five, was steaming up the channel into Aberdeen harbour.
When about 200 yards inside...
Category: Services
The Point of No Return for Mary Cook Wife of sheerness Honorary Medical Adviser the Returns of Her Daring First Time Parachute Jump Were Considerable However As She Raised £320 for the Lifeb
The point of no return for Mary Cook, wife ofSheerness honorary medical adviser. The returns of her daring first time parachute jump were considerable, however, as she raised £320 for the lifeboat station in sponsorship.. - View image in PDF
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Shoreline
THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS submitted to the Institution's governors at the Royal Festival Hall in London on May 15 showed that Shoreline had contributed £934,400 to the RNLI's funds in 1983, an increase of more than £165,000. At...
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Dacca Navigator
Tuesday, 6 September started off as a normal day in the office at Poole, but by mid morning this had all changed after a call from the director of the RNLI.
I was to liaise with the British Red Cross Society (BRCS), he said...
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Support Out-Standing
Thank you to everyone who organised and supported SOS events around the UK and RoI on 30 January. SOS day is the RNLI’s biggest fundraising day, and this year’s event was well supported in schools, companies and clubs, and RNLI fundraising...
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