LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Alf Everard and the S.S. Sir Alexander Kennedy
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 6.39 on the evening of the 24th of December, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a steamer had wirelessed that another steamer had collided with the motor vessel Alf Everard, of London, off Sea Reach. At 6.55...
Feature: We Ask the Questions
Making RNLI history work for the futureHeritage is very important to the RNLI. It's not just about having a collection of lifeboats and equipment from yesteryear, it is also about social history. Over the years the RNLI has amassed a...
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Once Had 11 Stations
Mr. A. G. Owen, of Rhosneigr, in contributing a note about the establishment one hundred years ago of a life-boat station at that small fishing village, said: 'The days of the life-boats being dotted all round the island have now passed....
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Water Drains Away Immediately
Water Drains Away Immediately. - View image in PDF
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Trainee Crew Member Amy Veasey,
Trainee crew member Amy Veasey, joined by personal donations manager Sue Hennessy, picks one of the lucky winners Photo: ORNU/DK. - View image in PDF
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(Left) Lady Saltoun Receives Her Bouquet Following Her Address and the Presentation of Awards. Photos Nia/L Hartley Photography
(Left) Lady Saltoun Receives Her Bouquet Following Her Address and The Presentation of Awards. Photos Nia/L Hartley Photography. - View image in PDF
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Andy Whyte With Uscg Coasties
Andy Whyte With Uscg Coasties. - View image in PDF
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End of a Class Act
The very last Waveney class lifeboat in the RNLI fleet, Margaret Graham, sailed from her mooring at Amble lifeboat station on 24 July under the helm of her retiring coxswain, Rodney Surge MBE, to take up a new role as pilot boat for Whitby... - View image in PDF
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The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854
IN various parts of the Life-boat Journal, we have expressed a strong conviction of the utter inadequacy of all existing means for affording succour to shipwrecked persons around our coasts. We have mourned over it as a national discredit,...
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Ann Wilmot
On November 14, at about 2.30 A.M., two flares were seen on the Scroby Sand, and rockets were fired from the St.
Nicholas Light. The Leicester Life-boat immediately put off, and on reaching the sand a vessel was discovered...