LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Contributions from Shipping Companies
As readers of The Lifeboat know, we have for some time been urging on the shipping community the claims of the Institution to their generous support, since it maintains a national service in which they are more directly interested than any...
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The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
Obverse.—An unlaureated head of George the Fourth; beneath, in minute letters, W. Wyon, Mint; double legend, " Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck."—" George the Fourth, Patron, 1824."...
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The Prime Minister Mr Edward Heath Meets Sergeant F C Elverson Aged 70 a Chelsea Pensioner at the RNLI Stand at the International Boat Show for the Secon
The Prime Minister, Mr. Edward Heath, meets Sergeant F. C. Elverson, aged 70, a Chelsea Pensioner, at the R.N.L.I, stand at the International Boat Show. For the second year running Sgt.
Elverson worked indefatigably on the... - View image in PDF
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Prizes Galore at the Mermaid Ball
This masterpiece of chocolate confectionery floating on a sea of blue icing and donated by Thorntons, was just one of many prizes in a 'short odds' raffle held during the 1989 Lifeboat and Mermaid Ball which was held at the London... - View image in PDF
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Princess Mary and the Scarborough Crew
With the Princess are (left to right) the Chief Inspector of Life-boats, the Hon. George Colville and the Mayor of Scarborough.. - View image in PDF
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The Government Sea Plane No. 79
At 8.25 P.M. on the 24th April a request was made that the motor Life-boat Albert Edward should be sent out to pick up the Government seaplane No. 79, and also a Government motor launch which had gone to her assistance, but had broken down....
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
Three sailors in a Life-boat, — one of whom is in the act of rescuing an exhausted mariner from the waves ; inscription, " Let not the deep swallow me up." THIS Medal appeal's to have been one of the chef d'osuvres of the...
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The Harwich Steam Life-Boat Proceeding to the Stranded Schooner Notre Dame De Toutes Aides on the 7th April, 1908
The Harwich Steam Life-Boat Proceeding To The Stranded Schooner Notre Dame De Toutes Aides on the 7th April 1908. - View image in PDF
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Another Scene from the Film Against the Tide, Showing the Teesmouth Life-Boat Sarah Jane and James Season
Another Scene From The Film Against The Tide Showing The Teesmouth Life-Boat Sarah Jane and James Season. - View image in PDF
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The Late Coxswain Eric Pengilly of Sennen Cove Awarded the Silver Medal for Gallantry for the Service to Union Crystal
The late Coxswain Eric Pengilly of Sennen Cove, awarded the silver medal for gallantry for the sen-ice to Union Crystal.. - View image in PDF
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