LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Norwegian Life-Boat Service
By Mr. OTTAR VOGT, Secretary of the Norwegian Society for the Rescue of the Shipwrecked.
THE coast of Norway is very extensive and mountainous, rocky and precipitous all over — the whole coastline being guarded by a fence...
Category: Articles
Patrons and Staff of the Travellers Rest Public House
Bunk holiday fund raising activities raised £757 for the New Brighton lifeboat station. Patrons and staff of the Travellers Rest public house and Reflections on Marine Promenade, New Brighton, had an added treat when the inshore... - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Milgate
At 7 o'clock on the morning of the 2nd November, a message was received from the Coast- guard, stating that a vessel was in dis- tress about four miles to the east of Newhaven. The signal was fired, and within a quarter of an hour the...
The S.S. Capri
WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE. — On the 2nd December the Life-boat Honourable Artillery Company was launched and proceeded to the Kentish Knock, where the s.s.
Capri, of Liverpool, was found stranded.
The Life-boat...
The Life-Boat Service Abroad
UNITED STATES.
THE Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service for the year ending 30th June, 1912, has been received, and we extract the following details.
Attention is drawn to the fact that...
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The S.S. Valhalla
At 4.5 A.M. on the 1st March, a message was received stating that a steamer was ashore on the north part of the Goodwin Sands.
The crew of the Life-boat Francis Forbes Barton were assembled and the boat launched. On...
Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards
ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, TUESDAY, MAY 17 1976: A YEAR OF GREAT ACHIEVEMENT ON SEA AND LAND A STANDING OVATION for a gold medallist and his crew at the end of the presentation of no less than 24 medals for gallantry; the report of an increase of...
Category: Meetings
A Cheque for Over £430, Representing Money Raised Through Sponsored Swimming By Adults and Children, Being Handed Over to Commander F. H. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R., the Newly Appointed
A cheque for over £430, representing money raised through sponsored swimming by adults and children, being handed over to Commander F. H. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R., the newly appointed Chairman of the Institution, by Mr. D. Saxon-Harrold... - View image in PDF
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Zodiac Mark V Ballast Tanks Attached to Underside of Floor They Are Shaped to Fit Beam and Depth of the Ilb's Bottom Sea Water from a Single Scoop Passes to the Ne
Zodiac Mark V ballast tanks attached to underside of floor.
They are shaped to fit beam and depth of the ILB's bottom. Sea water from a single scoop passes to the neoprene feeder pipes, which will lie on either side of... - View image in PDF
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American Coastal Lifeboat Development: An English Contribution By William D Wilkinson
AS THE RNLI celebrates its 150th anniversary, it is appropriate to acknowledge the help it has given many lifesaving services throughout the world. This help has taken many forms, one of the most significant being in the area of coastal...
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