LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Latvian Steamer Curonia (1)
Thurso, Caithness-shire, and Stornoway, Island of Lewis.—16th October. The Latvian steamer Curonia, of Riga, was in distress near Cape Wrath, with her engine broken down. She was able to carry out temporary repairs and made for Scapa Flow....
The American Steamer Jonas Lie
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DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE. Both lifeboats were called to the help of the American steamer Jonas Lie, which had been torpedoed, off Grassholme Island, but they were recalled as all her crew had...
Blyth Motor Life-Boat: The Inaugural Ceremony
THE Blyth station is one of the oldest on the coast — it was established in 1826, two years after the Institution itself was founded — and the inaugural ceremony of the Joseph Adlam, the Motor Life-boat which arrived at the station on 4th...
Category: Inaugurations
64 YEARS WITH THE QUEEN
Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI, believed that sea rescue was ‘a cause which extends from the palace to the cottage ... and which addresses itself with equal force to all the best feelings of every class in the state.’ So began our... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wings of the Morning and Jonarra
Margate, Kent. At 5.19 on the after- noon of the 3rd of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat appeared to be in difficulties two miles east of Tongue Sand Fort. The life-boat North Fore- land (Civil...
The Crew of the Tynemouth Motor Life-Boat
Left to right. Back row : SCARTH, T. W. Q. SMITH (Assist. Motor Mechanic), J. S. BBOWNLEE (Second Coxswain), ROBT. SMITH (Coxswain), F. G. HAMILTON (Motor Mechanic), CUMMINGS.
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H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent With the Berwick Crew
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The Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
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Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1902
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Category: Services
Services of the Life-Boats In January, February and March, 1958. 77 Lives Rescued
JANUARY DURING JANUARY life-boats were launched on service 45 times and rescued 54 lives.
DOCTOR TAKEN TO GRIMSBY TRAWLER Bridlington, Yorkshire. At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 3rd of January, 1958, the...
Category: Services