LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Freemen of the Sea, By Dora Walker
Freemen of the Sea, by Dora Walker (A. Brown & Sons, Ltd., B.C. 1. 10/6) Miss DORA WALKER, who is president of the Whitby Ladies' Life-boat Guild, has written a charming anecdotal book about the seafarers of Whitby; a series of...
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The Commercial Radio Vessel Comet
Donaghadee, Co. Down - At 2.48 p.m. on 8th April, 1967, information was received that a member of the crew of the commercial radio vessel Comet was seriously injured and required medicalassistance. The life-boat John R. Webb, on temporary...
The Motor Fishing Coble Reliance
Holy Island, Northumberland. — A t 10.40 A.M. on the 7th January the second coxswain reported that the local motor fishing coble Reliance was at sea. A moderate S.E. wind was blowing. The sea was heavy and breaking right across the bar. The...
The Princess Royal at the Helm of Lymington's Atlantic 21
The Princess Royal at the helm of Lymington's Atlantic 21 class lifeboat with Storm Force's Leading Hand Peter Phillips in his custon-made bump cap seated behind her.. - View image in PDF
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Honorary Workers of the Institution
WITH the exception of Liverpool no Station Branch contributes so much each year to the Institution's revenue as Eastbourne. With a population of over 60,000 inhabitants, and a large number Instituof summer visitors, it has opportunities...
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The Navy's Help In 1941.
In 1941 the Navy contributed £3408 to the Life-boat Service. That is £1311 than in 1940, and seven times as much as in the last year of peace..
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The Smiths Knoll Light-vessel
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—31st December. A doctor went out to the Smiths Knoll light-vessel to bring ashore an injured man, but the weather was so bad that it was decided that it would be less dangerous to...
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
Obverse.—An unlaureated head of George the Fourth; beneath, in minute letters, W. Wyon, Mint: double legend, " Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck."—" George the Fourth, Patron, 1824."...
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Islay: It Was Reported In the Spring Journal That Hrh Prince Henrik Prince Consort of Denmark Had Visited Barra Island
Islay: /( was reported in the spring journal that HRH Prince Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, had visited Barra Island and Islay lifeboat stations in January to present plaques to the crews in recognition of the efforts to rescue the crew... - View image in PDF
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Peter Tabor the Donor of Port Isaac's New D Class Hands Over the Lifeboat to the Rnli at a Ceremony In the Harbour Area of the Town
Peter Tabor The Donor of Port Isaac's New D Class Hands Over The Lifeboat To The Rnli at A Ceremony In The Harbour Area of the Town. - View image in PDF
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