LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Verbania and The Coal Hulk Black Miner
AP R I L 1 S T - 2 N D . - S T O R N O W A Y , ISLAND OF LEWIS. During the forenoon of the 1st April, a strong easterly wind sprang up increasing to a whole gale, with a rough sea. The harbour was very congested with vessels taking shelter....
The S.S. Torni, of Liverpool
SEPTEMBER 29TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At two in the afternoon the coastguard reported that the S.S. Torni, of Liverpool, had gone aground several miles south of Whitby Lighthouse. A fresh easterly breeze was blowing, with a...
The Life-Belts In Use By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Institution
The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life- belt are—
1. Sufficient extra-buoyancy to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...
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An Aeroplane (16)
SEPT. 9TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX, AND DUNGENESS, KENT. At 9.29P.M. the coastguard at Fairlight reported that an aeroplane had come down in the sea a mile to the east. The weather was clear and the sea was calm. At 9.35 the Dungeness lifeboat...
MAYDAY FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL
Following a fantastic reception last year, the RNLI College's Mayday Food Festival returns to Holes Bay in Poole, Dorset on April 30. The foodie festivities kick off a month of fundraising with our pick of local and artisan delights,...
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The National Maritime Historical Society
Oil the 125th Anniversary of the most legendary clipper ship of all time...
The National Maritime Historical Society Sponsors THE CUTTY SARK ANNIVERSARY MARITIME HOURGLASS She earned Listing fame .is the greyhound of the...
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Classifieds
RNLI Videos Lifeboats 24/7 £8.00* The story of the RNLI with rescue reconstructions Building support for lifeboats £8.00* Constructing the lifeboat shore facilities Five minutes with the RNLI plus / Saved by a motor lifeboat (1924)...
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A Fishing Coble and Ayton Castle
NORTH SUNDERLAND and HOLY ISLAND.
—On the morning of the 27th January, five fishermen put off in a coble from North Sunderland, for the purpose of shooting wild ducks on the Fame Islands.
Two of the men...
Life-Boat Services In 1896
Lives saved.
Adeline, cutter, of Great Yar- mouth 1 Agder, barque, of Frederickstadt 4 Aire, schooner, of Goole 4 Aldafro«,of Aberporth—landed 2.
Albert, steam-tug, of Chester— rendered...
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Annual Meeting
This number of The Lifeboat is really the June number. It was almost ready to be printed when, towards the end of June, afire at the works of the Whitefriars Press, Tonbridge, destroyed nearly the whole of the type. The Committee of...
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