LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Collisions at Sea
WE extract from the Nautical Magazine the following paper from the pen of Capt. K. B. MARTIN, Harbour Master, Ramsgate.
It contains some pertinent remarks on the subject of collisions at sea, and especially points to an...
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A Wreck at Sea
" Thy flitting form comes ghostly dull and pale, As driven by the beating storm at sea; Thy cry is weak and scared, As if thy mates had shared The doom of us. Thy wail— What does it bring to me ?" IT was perhaps an impious wish,...
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Sustainability: the long view
If you find it tricky to keep your landfill waste, carbon footprint and electricity bills to a minimum, spare a thought for the RNLI – we’ve got people and buildings all around the UK and Republic of Ireland. But we have a duty...
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Award to the Women Launchers of Dungeness
ON the 8th of October a whole gale was blowing at Dungeness, Kent, from South by East, a very heavy sea was running and it was raining very heavily.
A London barge, the Shamrock, bound with a cargo to the Isle of Wight,...
Category: Awards
Nautical star
TV presenter, writer and adventurer Ben Fogle immersed himself in the RNLI’s past and present during his latest on-screen project …
It’s a crisp, cold January morning off the south Devon coast,...
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Past and Present
68 years ago — From THE LIFEBOAT of 1928 With the recent success of the RNLI resource packs 'Launch!' and 'Lifeboats' (see feature below) as part of the youth promotion campaign, it is interesting to look back and see what...
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Seamen and Their Employers
MANY of our readers will have learned by the newspapers that for some time past discontent has existed amongst our merchant seamen, chiefly on the ground of their being liable to imprisonment for re- fusing, after signing articles, to...
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Here and There
Like father, like son A remarkable and honourable tradition is being carried on in the Keay family of Grayburn, near Invergowrie.
Captain T. A. Colin Keay is a member of the Committee of Management and chairman of Dundee...
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Bookshelf
The History of the North Deal Walmer and Kingsdowne Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author at £2.50 (including post and packing)A new book by this prolific chronicler of lifeboats station histories - this time covering three...
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Obituary of the Years of the War, 1939 to 1945
DURING the war over 200 honorary workers and friends of the Institution died. Among them were three members of the Royal Family, H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution, killed in an aeroplane accident on active service, H.R.H....
Category: Obituaries