LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lecture on Life-Boats
I.—Preliminary Remarks, IN a country bounded on all sides by the sea, whose earliest associations are connected with it, through the medium of which it has derived its civilization, its wealth, its grand political status, and probably to a...
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Lives Lost In 1854
The whole loss of lives during the year, as far as has been ascertained, amounts to 1,549.
Of these, 13 were lost in the Embla, wrecked near Blyth in a snow-storrn, on the 7th of January; 290 in the Tayleur, wrecked at...
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Community News: South/Midlands/East
Tower
GRENFELL FAMILIES VISIT STATION
The RNLI has been working alongside charity Cornwall Hugs Grenfell to help survivors, firefighters and those who’ve lost loved ones to create new memories and...
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The Admiralty L.C.T.711 and Her Consort, L.C.T.723
DECEMBER 22ND. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 4.55 in the afternoon the Portland Bill coastguard telephoned that a red distress signal had been seen a mile north of the Shambles Light-vessel. A strong southsouth- west wind was...
Norwegian Life-Boat Anniversary
by Commander F. R. H. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R.
Deputy Chairman of the Institution.
This is the second part of Commander Szoann's article. In this issue he deals with his subsequent visit to...
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Charity and Samaritan and The Janet Thompson
BLYTH, NORTHIFMBEBLAND. — On the 21st July a strong wind sprang up from the E.N.E., accompanied by a heavy sea, and several of the Newbiggin fishing boats were compelled to leave Newbiggin Bay and run to Blyth Harbour for...
Lilian & The Motor Fishing Boats Irene and Faith
The Whitby Motor Life-boat Margaret Harker-Smith put out in a moderate N.E. breeze with a moderately rough sea at 12.50 P.M. on 15th December, as the sea was growing worse and some anxiety was felt for the small fishing-coble Lilian, which...
Cruser and Raven
About half-past four on the 7th July two small yawl-rigged yachts, the Cruiser and Raven, were observed by Holy Island fishermen to be running south before the wind off Berwick.
About 7 P.M. it was seen that these vessels...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, 4th June, 1908.
Colonel FITZ-ROY CLAYTON, V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 20th November, 1930.
SIR GODFREY BARING, BT., in the Chair.
Passed Votes of Thanks to H.M. the KING and QUEEN, H.R.H. the PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., and H.R.H. the PRINCESS LOUISE, DUCHESS OF...
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