LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
WEXFORD, Co. WEXFORD.—A yawl belonging to Wexford broke adrift on the night of the 27th May, 1902. A strong gale from W.S.W. was blowing at the time, accompanied by a heavy sea. Owing to the stress of weather the crew were unable to make the...
Category: Services
Brooke Marine
Brooke Marine Limited ESTABLISHED 1874 SHIPBUILDERS ENGINEERS AND CONSULTING NAVAL ARCHITECTS Type 50 ft Self-Righting Length overall 50'0" Beam 14'6" Displacement 23.5 tons Fuel Capacity 400 imp. gallons Twin General...
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A request was received from the Officer Com- manding, 4th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers, Gosport, on the 10th Decem- ber, for the help of the Life-boat, as three men were marooned on St. Helen's Fort without food. The Motor Life-...
Rnli National Lottery
A GREETING of 'Hi-de-hi.r of course brought a resounding response of 'Hode- ho!' from the audience gathered to witness the draw of the RNLTs twentysecond national lottery at Poole HO on Friday July 29. Jeffrey Holland and Felix...
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AGED 60? HOMEOWNER? I enjoy a more prosperous retirement Ex-Service man makes the most of his retirement years with an equity release scheme Flying for the first time into the airfield he had helped to build whilst serving in Burma during...
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Shoreline
WHEN PLANNING the Shoreline appeal to fund a 37'6" Rother Lifeboat to be named RNLB Shoreline, the first target set was £100,000 by the time the boat is ready to launch for her initial trials.
That target is...
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Poole: After Hrh Crown Prince Harald of Norway
Poole: After HRH Crown Prince Harald of Norway, Honorary Colonel of the Royal Marines, had visited Commando units at Hamworthy on November 4 he embarked in one of the Institution's latest 52ft Arun class lifeboats and was brought round... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wreck Chart of the British Isles for the Year 1902-1903
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SHOWING .ALSO THE PRESENT LIFE BOAT STATIONS.
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Douglas Isle of Man—Birthplace of the Rnli By Joan Davies
JUST AS at a time of family celebration, wherever its members may be, their thoughts will turn to home, so in the spring of 1974 the thoughts of the RNLI and its friends must inevitably turn to Douglas; the little seaport on the Isle of Man...
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Remembering those lost
This year marks the centenary of the Fethard lifeboat disaster, when nine volunteers from the Co Wexford station died during a brave rescue attempt in unforgiving seas.
On 20 February 1914, 14 Fethard crew members launched...
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