LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Deutsche Gesellschaft Zur Rettung Schiffbruchiger. Or, German Society for Saving Lives from Shipwreck
As the means provided in other countries for saving lives from shipwreck cannot fail to be interesting to a large number of our readers, we have much satisfaction in placing before them the following account of the Society which has under-...
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La Nievre, of Boulogne
AUGUST 19TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 10.5 in the morning the coastguard reported that a fishing vessel appeared to be out of control two miles south-east by east of the South Goodwin Light-vessel. A moderate south-south-west breeze was blowing,...
Peggy, of Lowestoft
Margate, Kent. — At about 8.45 P.M.
on the 16th November, 1937, the coastguard reported that a vessel near the Long Nose Rock, two miles east of the life-boathouse, was burning flares. A fresh E.S.E. breeze was blowing,...
The Ladies' Life-Boat Guild and New Branches of the Institution
ALTHOUGH the progress of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild has not been as marked as we had hoped that it would be, nevertheless many Guilds have been formed, notably in the North of England and in the South-West of England; and wherever...
Category: Branches
MAYDAY AT THE HARBOUR MOUTH
The lives of six fishermen are in danger. Their fishing boat is drifting dangerously close to shore. Powerless against the gale-force winds and sea swell, they need help – fast
It’s the end of a blustery October day in...
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Acting Coxswain James Dougal from Eyemouth and Two of the Divers Involved In His Medal-Winning Service Were Re-United at the Annual Meetings James Dougal I
Acting Coxswain James Dougal from Eyemouth and two of the divers involved in his medal-winning service were re-united at the Annual Meetings. James Dougal is pictured (centre) with Elizabeth Mayer and Steven Pert/grew.. - View image in PDF
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Fifteen Months of War.
In the first fifteen months of war life-boats rescued 2754 lives.
They rescued more lives in these fifteen months of war than in the last seven years of peace. They have rescued on an average 42 lives a week. In the war of...
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Maria, of Dunedin
The ship Maria, of Dunedin, came ashore here during a fresh wind from the 8.E., on the 22nd Jan. An effort was made by the crew to get her off; but a gale springing up from the E., ac- companied by a heavy sea, placed their lives in great...
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Index to the Life-Boat Stations of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. (Tkefgures refer to the numbers of the Life-boats detailed on pages 330-341.) Aberdovey, Merioneth, 166 Drogheda, Ireland, 264. Lizard, Cornwall, 127. Robin Hood's Bay, Yorks, 31....
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