LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Fishing Coble Isabella
Filey, Yorkshire.—The local motor fishing coble Isabella put to sea on the morning of the 28th of November, 1949. The weather was bad and, as it began to worsen, the life-boat The Cuttle was launched at 11.30. A moderate northerly breeze was...
Electrical Communication on the Coast
DURING the last three years good progress has been made with the all-important system of electrical communication on the coast for life-saving purposes, pro- moted by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. The majority of the most...
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Natasha
St. Helier, Jersey. At 6.45 a.m. on 22nd June, 1965, the honorary secretary heard from the harbour office that the S.S. Tryonia was going to the help of a yacht which seemed to be in distress about three and a half miles west of Grosnez...
The Caister Life-Boat Memorial
AT two in the morning on 13th November, 190 , the No. 2 Life-boat at Caister, Norfolk—the Beauchamp—was launched in a whole gale from N.N.E. with thick rain and a very heavy sea in answer to flares of distress, but she was swept back, flung...
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The Fishing Trawler Northern Star
Fouled propeller stops Northern Star On Sunday. 12 August, Bantry Coast Guard Radio received a request for assistance from the fishing trawler Northern Star. She had a fouled propeller and was unable to free herself. The Castletownbere Arur...
The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's lifebelt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy, 22 Ibs., to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...
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The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's lifebelt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy, 22 Ibs., to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...
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The Institution's First Gold Medallist
AT the end of the first Annual Report of the Institution, published on 10th March, 1825, is a list of thirty-two services for which it had given rewards during its first year. The first of these services took place on 10th July, 1824, and...
Category: Medals
The Motor Drifter Dol-Fyn
APRIL 23RD. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At about 12.50 P.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel about three miles south of Portland Bill was showing distress signals, and the motor life-boat William and Clara Ryland was launched...
The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's life- belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy, 22 Iba, to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...
Category: Articles