LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1883
ONCE again it becomes our duty to draw the attention of our friends to the sta- tistics published by the Board of Trade, relative to the wrecks occurring on our rock-bound shores. The Register, re- cently laid before the public, furnishes...
Category: Articles
The Life-Saving Service of the United States
INFORMATION relative to the Life-boat and other Life-saving Services of other countries moat always be of great interest to the supporters of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which, being the oldest Life-boat Service in the world,...
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Peter Tabor the Donor of Port Isaac's New D Class Hands Over the Lifeboat to the Rnli at a Ceremony In the Harbour Area of the Town
Peter Tabor The Donor of Port Isaac's New D Class Hands Over The Lifeboat To The Rnli at A Ceremony In The Harbour Area of the Town. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Smiths Knoll Light-vessel
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—31st December. A doctor went out to the Smiths Knoll light-vessel to bring ashore an injured man, but the weather was so bad that it was decided that it would be less dangerous to...
To the Help of Foreigners.
Of 1108 launches during the year 251 were to foreign vessels belonging to eighteen different countries and 608 lives were rescued from them. Never has the Lifeboat Service more faithfully carried out the promise which it made when it was...
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Return to the Boat-House
The Newquay life-boat station was established in 1860. Its life-boats have been launched fifty- one times on service and have rescued 103 lives. It has the steepest launching slipway on our coasts, with a gradient of 1 in 2f, and the... - View image in PDF
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Long Service Awards
The Long Service Badge for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more has been awarded to: Aberdovey - Shore Helper D.R. Williams Aith - Coxswain K. Henry Angle - Crew Member R. O'Callaghan...
Category: Awards
"The Padstow Centenary": An Addition. The Silver Medallists of the Station
An article on the Padstow Station, which last year celebrated its Centenary, appeared in the Life-boat for last November, and particulars were given of the Medals which had been won by Padstow Life-boatmen. Several Medals have to be added to...
Category: Medals
The Torpedo Boat Destroyer Success
During a severe S.E. gale on the 27th December the Torpedo-boat Destroyer Success ran ashore on the rocky coast at Kingsbarns, about six miles from St. Andrews. The vessel was steaming south, and in the darkness, without any shore lights to...
THE 18-HOUR RESCUE MISSION
When Islay lifeboat crew launched to a yachtsman in treacherous seas and force 11 winds, they couldn’t have known that their courage would result in a life saved that night – or a Medal for Gallantry
‘ My adrenaline...
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