LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Civil Service and Post Office Lifeboat Fund Has Already Donated 38 Lifeboats to the Institution and Has Started to Contribute Towards a 39Th and Miss Connie H Henry Who Has Recently Taken
The Civil Service and Post Office Lifeboat Fund has already donated 38 lifeboats to the Institution and has started to contribute towards a 39th, and Miss Connie H.
Henry, who has recently taken over as honorary secretary... - View image in PDF
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Dimcyl
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—About three in, the afternoon of the 21st of July, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that an auxiliary sailing yacht, one and a half miles to the eastward, was flying a distress signal, and the motor life-boat Mary Scott,...
Notes of the Quarter
IN the first quarter of 1961 exception- ally heavy demands were made on life- boat crews, as the figures for launches clearly reveal. The total number of launches on service in January, Febru- ary and March was 163. In the first three months...
Category: Articles
Flag Days George Price Dos (East) at Harwich With Coxswain and Crew the Chairman and Honorary Secretary of the Branch and a Group of Girl Flag Sellers Who Work A
Flag days . . . George Price, DOS (East), at Harwich with coxswain and crew, the chairman and honorary secretary of the branch and a group of girl flag sellers who work at a local clothing factory belonging to the branch president, T. M. F.... - View image in PDF
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In Support of the Mountbatten of Burma Appeal D Flight of Wrap Training Squadron Raf Hereford Who Had Taken Part In the Earl's Funeral Service Presented a Cheque to Glyn Williams Dos
In support of the Mountbatten of Burma appeal, D flight of WRAP Training Squadron, RAF Hereford, who had taken part in the Earl's funeral service, presented a cheque to Glyn Williams, DOS Wales, on the day of their passing out parade;... - View image in PDF
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Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—Early on the morning of the 7th April, 1866, signals of distress were seen by the beachmen in the direction of the Cockle Sand. The weather was hazy, with a strong breeze blowing from E.N.E.
The...
Category: Services
Peaceful
St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.—Just before four o'clock in the afternoon of the 29th of March, 1948, the coastguard reported a motor boat that appeared to be in difficulties off Lizard Point, Tresco. The wind was rising. By five...
Recognise Him? He Is Mr. Kenneth H. H. Baily, of Queensbury Mansions, Bournemouth, the Leading England Football Team Supporter Who Is Also a Keen Supporter of the Life-Boat Service at Bourn
Recognise him? He is Mr. Kenneth H. H. Baily, of Queensbury Mansions, Bournemouth, the leading England football team supporter who is also a keen supporter of the life-boat service at Bournemouth. It was expected that he would find... - View image in PDF
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When the Willie Woodhave Public House was Demolished During the Redevelopment of South Shields Market Place this Fine Painted Window of the 18th-century Life-Boat Designer, William Woodhave, was Saved and Placed in South Shields Museum
When the Willie Woodhave public house was demolished during the redevelopment of South Shields market place this fine painted win- dow of the 18th-century life-boat designer, William Woodhave, was saved and placed in South Shields... - View image in PDF
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A Ship
On the 27th November a boat with four men in her was upset in the entrance to Teignmouth harbour, when attempting to board a vessel coming in.
One man succeeded in getting on board the ship, but the boat herself, with two...