LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Our President's New Office. Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets
By George F. Shee, M.A., ALL who are connected in any way with the Life-boat Service will have read with special pleasure the announcement which was made on 14th February, that the King had decided to make a personal link between the...
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The President of Iceland Mrs Vigdis Finnbogadottir With Coxswain/Mechanic Maurice Hutchens of Sennen Cove (C)
The President of Iceland, Mrs Vigdis Finnbogadottir, with Coxswain/Mechanic Maurice Hutchens of Sennen Cove (c) and Gunnar Thorsteinsson, captain of the Icelandic coaster Tungufoss. For the rescue of 11 men from Tungufoss last September, Mrs... - View image in PDF
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The Life-Boat Services of the World: The United States Coast Guard
By REAR-ADMIRAL W. S. REYNOLDS, Commandant U.S. Coast Guard.Anderson tendered his services to the surf man. The acceptance of the offer automatically placed Anderson, for the time, in charge of the station crew, a responsibility which, as...
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List of the Rewards for Saving Life from Wrecks, Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
FOR SAVING LIFE FROM WRECKS, VOTED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION TO THE CREWS OF ITS LIFE-BOATS, TO SHORE AND FISHING-BOATS CREWS, AND TO OTHER PERSONS FROM THE 1ST JANUARY TO THE 31sT DECEMBER, 1872.
JAN. 1,...
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People and Places
a r o u n d and a b o u t t h e RNLI A fifty-first occasion for lottery draw To mark the RNLI's 51st national lottery, Brigadier Mike Wingate-Gray QBE MC and Bar, who served with the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch in the 51st Highland...
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Change of Address
IMPORTANT.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
Owing to Expiration of Lease the Committee of Management have been compelled to REMOVE the Headquarters of the Institution from 14, John Street, Adelphi, London, W.C.,...
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Louisa, of Bristol
On the 1st January, whilst the ship Louisa, of Bristol, was being towed over Bideford Bar by two steamers during a strong gale from W.S.W., the hawser attached to one steamer break- ing, and the towing-gear of the other giving way, she let...
New Members of Committee of Management
Major Bertram Bell, Mr. Raymond Cory, Mr. John Russell, and Mr. Nigel Varrington Smyth, O.B.E., have been co-opted members of the Committee of Management of the Institution.
Major Bell, who lives in Fota Island (Co. Cork),...
Category: Committee
Barry Dock No 2 Lifeboat Launched on September 271975 to Help Storm Eagle a Yacht Being Driven Ashore By a Strong South-Westerly Gale She Got a Line Aboard Just As
Barry Dock No. 2 lifeboat launched on September 27,1975, to help Storm Eagle, a yacht being driven ashore by a strong south-westerly gale. She got a line aboard just as the yacht's anchor rope parted and towed her, with her three crew,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Six Times One:
Six times one: John Spivey of Iver, Bucks, was wearing his Shoreline sweater recently on the day he scored a hole in one during a golf tournament. It was, unbelievably, the sixth hole in one of his golfing career and one thing that pleased... - View image in PDF
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