LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Ramsgate Life-Boat: A Rescue
CHAPTER I.
A WRECK OFT MARGATE.
THE night of Sunday, the 12th of February, in the present year, was what sailors call a very dirty night. Heavy masses of clouds skirted the horizon as the sun get; and,...
Category: Services
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
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Category: Medals
Coxswain Swan Presents the Challenge Shield
On the platform with him are the Mayor and Mayoress of Westminster.. - View image in PDF
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Building Up to the Millennium Ii
The RNLI's Shoreworks Manager Howard Richings continues his look at the Institution's shore facilities T;• he effects of coastal geology on the costs of operating the lifeboat service may not be immediately apparent, but the relative...
Category: Articles
The Longshore Fishing Boat Aga Sacke
TWO MEN RESCUED FROM FISHING BOAT Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
At 10.17 on the morning of the 1st April, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was burning flares and needed help. A...
The shape of things to come
FCB2 is the RNLI’s experimental lifeboat, which is being developed to replace the Mersey class. As we reported last year, the hull proved inadequate in rough weather. A new hull shape has now been chosen, and the RNLI hopes the first...
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The Danish Motor Vessel Jens Emil
TOWLINE PASSED TO DANISH MOTOR VESSEL Wick, Caithness-shire. At 11.55 on the morning of the 9th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Danish motor vessel Jens Emil had broken down four miles east of Wick. The...
'Thank You for the Fantastic Day
'Thank you for the fantastic day . . . it was great to meet the lifeboatmen and go on a real lifeboat..." wrote John Fenwick after his visit to the Royal Festival Hall.. - View image in PDF
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The Former Liverpool Lifeboat William and Laura
The former Liverpool lifeboat William and Laura, normally on display at Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, is the heart of the RNLI's exhibition at Liverpool Garden Festival.. - View image in PDF
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