LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Fishing Coble Provider
On the morning of the 5th April a telephone message was received from the New- biggin coxswain that the motor fishing coble Provider, of Newbiggin, was in difficulties off Cresswell, and that as the Newbiggin life-boat was off service...
Around the Coast and Inland
Porthcawl On Saturday September 3, 1983, Porthcawl lifeboat station held the handing over ceremony and service of dedication for its new D class inflatable lifeboat, provided by Mrs Joan Middleton in memory of her husband, Donald Rigley...
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The Protestant Archbishop of Dublin Dedicates Her to God
The Protestant Archbishop of Dublin Dedicates Her To God. - View image in PDF
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Her Majesty the Queen's Recognition of Gallant Conduct
THE destruction by fire of H. M.'s troop-ship Birkenhead, in 1852, and of the hired transport Europa,* in 1854, will no doubt be remembered by many of our readers.
Both catastrophes were attended by lamentable loss of...
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The Admiralty Vessel D.G.V. 400
Humber, Yorkshire. At 3.6 on the afternoon of the 8th of March, 1959, the coastguard at Spurn Point informed the honorary secretary that two of the crew of the Admiralty vessel D.G.V.400 needed medical attention. At 3.50 the life-boat City...
The Dinghies Kingfisher and Aeblus
Torbay, Devon. — On the 21st of August, 1948, the Brixham Torbay Royal Regatta races were being held.
A strong south-south-west wind was blowing, with a moderate sea, and about half past eleven in the morning two...
The Life-Boat Saturday Fund
A further substantial increase in the receipts and a further satisfactory decrease in the working expenses! This is the highly gratifying report supplied by the Central Committee of the Life-boat Saturday Fund as the result of their labours...
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The Filey IRB Crew—An Irb Station Was Established There In 1966—Consists of a Bank Manager a Cafe Proprietor and a Joiner When This Photograph As Taken the Irb An
The Filey IRB crew—an IRB station was established there in 1966—consists of a bank manager, a cafe proprietor and a joiner. When this photograph as taken the IRB and the local life-boat had returned from the successful rescue of two youths... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain Gerald Mcloughlin of Howth Read One of the Lessons at the Commemorative Service In the National Cathedral of St. Patrick Dublin Photograph By Courtesy Of
Coxswain Gerald McLoughlin of Howth read one of the lessons at the commemorative service in the National Cathedral ofSt Patrick, Dublin. - View image in PDF
Photograph by courtesy of Independent Newspapers. - View image in PDF
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The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
XXXVIII.—WALMER.
Centurion, 36 feet long, 9 feet 4 inches beam, 12 oars.
TOWARDS the end of the year 1856 a Life-boat was placed on this station by the Institution, in aid of which the Royal Thames Yacht...
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