LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Duke visits life-boats
The Duke of Kent, who is President of the R.N.L.I., made his first trip in a life-boat and took part in a life-saving exercise at sea during his visit to the Isle of Wight on 21st October.
The boat was the Jack Shayler and...
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The S.S. Pomerol, of Le Havre
MAY 3RD. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 2.35 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that the North Goodwin Lightship had reported a vessel aground on the North-East Goodwin Sands. The motor life-boat Mary Scott, on temporary duty at the station, was...
Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the National Life-Boat Institution
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Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the National Life-Boat Institution
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Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the National Life-Boat Institution
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Naming Ceremonies of Motor Life-Boats
DURING the summer eleven new motor life-boats have been named : In Eng- land, at Boulmer (Northumberland), Cromer (Norfolk) two boats, Cullercoats (Northumberland); in Scotland, at Eyemouth (Berwickshire), Fraserburgh (Aberdeenshire),...
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The Chief Inspector of Life-Boats
COMMANDER E. D. DRURY, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., the chief inspector of life-boats, will retire, under the age limit, on 31st December, 1938, and will be succeeded as chief inspector b)' Lieut.-Commander P. E. Vaux, D.S.C., R.N., the...
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Hoots Man: the Crew of Kirkcudbright Lifeboat
Hoots man: The crew of Kirkcudbright lifeboat Mary Pullman, on exercise with a helicopter from a nearby RAF Rescue Squadron, got the surprise of their lives when, after the usual drills, the winch came down once more, bearing a piper in full... - View image in PDF
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Four and a Half Years of War.
In four and a half years of war our life-boatmen have rescued 5536 lives, and have won 200 medals for gallantry. They have rescued twenty-four lives every week since war began..
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A Rowing Boat
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 2.25 in the afternoon of the 25th of April, 1949, information was ree«ived that the lightkeeper of the St. Helen's Fort was drifting seawards in a rowing boat, and at 2.45 the life-boat Jesse...