LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Birkenau
On the 18th October the German steamer Birkenau, of Bremerhaven, while bound in ballast from Antwerp to Methil, was caught in a strong northerly gale, with very heavy seas, and driven on to the rocks at Chapel Point, some miles east of...
A Small Trawler
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—1st October, 1939. A small trawler had been reported in a sinking condition fifty miles away, but another vessel took her in tow. The life-boat returned after being out for over nine hours.—Rewards, £16 2s. 9d....
RNLi Membership
MEMBERSHIP of the R.N.L.I, is being introduced to provide an additional source of regular revenue over and above that raised by branches and guilds. There will be three forms of membership.
These are: (a) Life Members: a...
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A Hundred Years Ago
WE believe that a life-belt, for an adult person of average size, ought to have, at the least, buoyant power equal to 20 Ibs., and as much more as can conveniently be obtained.
Having decided on the amount of buoyancy, the...
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A Centenarian of Eastbourne. A Link Between 1784 and 1937
By Councillor Alexander Robertson, Honorary Secretary of the Eastbourne Station.
THERE died in Eastbourne on 16th February, 1937, a lady, Mrs. Caroline Allchorn, who was a hundred years old last year. She was born on 3rd...
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(Right) the Rnli Is Controlled By a Committee of Management Formed of Distinguished Public Figures Who Give Their Services Voluntarily They Have Specialised Knowle
(Right) The RNLI is controlled by a Committee of Management, formed of distinguished public figures who give their services voluntarily. They have specialised knowledge and experience to offer in a variety of fields.. - View image in PDF
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Jeffrey Holland and Felix Bowness (Centre I and R)
Jeffrey Holland and Felix Bowness (centre I and r) look it in turns to draw the 13 tickets while David Green (I), RNLI co-ordinaton'special duties, spun the drum. With them fr) is Anthony Oliver, appeals secretary.. - View image in PDF
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Stamp Collection
COBO Rainbow Guides, pictured here with former lifeboatman John Webster, have been busy collecting thousands of stamps to raise money for the RNLI. The rainbows, aged between five and seven, have been collecting the stamps as part of their... - View image in PDF
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Major H. E. Burton, O.B.E., R.E., Hon. Secretary of the Tynemouth Branch and Hon. Superintendent of the Tynemouth Motor Life-Boat
Hon. Secretary of the Tynemouth Branch and Hon. Superintendent of the Tynemouth Motor Life-boat.
By LIEUT-GENERAL SIR HENRY MERRICK LAWSON, K.C.B.
[A short account of Major Burton's career and,, in...
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Sheringham's Retiring Coxswain By Edward Wake-Walker
Henry 'Joyful' West, BEM, retired as coxswain of Sheringham lifeboat at the end of 1984 after a long and distinguished career. He is a man who would rather talk about the achievements of others than his own, but the 'Joyful'...
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