LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
DOVER.—A new life-boat and transporting- carriage have been sent to Dover by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, the former boat stationed there being considered to be too small, and not to have sufficient rowing power. The new boat is 32...
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Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.—On the morning of the 13th Dec., 1887, a gale, which had been blowing strongly from the S.E., suddenly shifted to the S.W., and two schooners, the Clyde and the Harbinger, of Belfast, coal laden, which were riding at...
Category: Services
A Boat (5)
DECEMBER 31ST. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. A boat with twenty men on board had been reported adrift in the Dee Channel, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Rhyl. £20 15s. ; Hoylake, £31 3s. 6d..
After the Agm of Newport Shropshire Branch the Honorary Treasurer a D Arnold Handed a Cheque for £1000 to Glyn Williams Dos (Wales) Also In the Picture Ar
After the AGM of Newport, Shropshire, branch, the honorary treasurer, A. D.
Arnold, handed a cheque for £1,000 to Glyn Williams, DOS (Wales). Also in the picture are Or A. R. Snead, branch chairman, and Mrs Y. M. Jones... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Buster Merryfield Alias Uncle Albert from Tv's Only Fools and Horses Drew the Winning Tickets In the Rnli's 48Th Lottery on 31 January 1990
Buster Merryfield, alias Uncle Albert from TV's Only Fools and Horses, drew the winning tickets in the RNLI's 48th lottery on 31 January 1990.
He is pictured with Anthony Oliver, the RNLI's head of fund raising,... - View image in PDF
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Mr Coates Stops for a Well-Earned Rest and a Bite to Eat on His 55-Mile Walk Along the Nidderdale Way
Mr Coates stops for a well-earned rest and a bite to eat on his 55-mile walk along the Nidderdale Way.. - View image in PDF
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To Commemorate Tynemouth Lifeboat Station's Centenary In 1962 a Stained Glass Window Was Dedicated In Christ Church North Shields It Depicts the Original 1789 Con
To commemorate Tynemouth lifeboat station's centenary, in 1962, a stained glass window was dedicated in Christ Church, North Shields. It depicts the Original, 1789, Constance, on station in 1862,... - View image in PDF
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Idun, of Bergen
RAMSGATE AND BROADSTAIRS.—At day- break, on the 28th March, during a strong north-easterly wind and in a heavy sea, a large barque was seen ashore on the Goodwin Sands with a signal of distress flying. The Life-boat Bradford and the harbour...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 9th October, 1890.
Colonel FiTzRoY CLAYTON, V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous Meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and Correspondence,...
Category: Committee
The Life-Belt In Use By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, and to enabla him to support another person besides himself.<...
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