LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
"The Merchant Shipping Bill of 1869."
In the year 1854 the various Acts of Parliament relating to Merchant Ship- ping and Navigation which, from time to time from the reign of Queen Elizabeth, had been enacted, were, for the most part, repealed and consolidated in a new Act...
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
SBLSEY, SUSSEX.—At 7.35 A.M. on the 19th March the Coastguard reported that a vessel was on the Mixen Reef, flying signals of distress. The crew of the Life-boat Lucy Newbon were at once assembled and the boat launched, but just after she...
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Royal Commission on the Mercantile Marine
WE publish the following synopsis of the instructions given to the Royal Commission now inquiring into the condition of the Mercantile Marine of the United Kingdom, the same being given under Her Majesty's sign manual:— VICTORIA E. * * *...
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The Russian Cargo Vessel Jushnij Bug
RUSSIAN VESSEL At 9.50 a.m. on I4th October, 1964, a shipping agency in Hull telephoned the coxswain superintendent saying that a woman aboard the Russian cargo vessel Jushnij Bug was severely ill and needed medical attention. At 10.30 the...
Almost £1000 Was Raised for the Rnli
Almost £1,000 was raised for the RNLI by runners in Wolverhampton marathon in March. Ray Adams (r} raised £622; he is part-time barman of the Hop Pole, run by- Dick and Maureen Moore, which was the focal point for RNLI activities... - View image in PDF
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Some Account of the Growth of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution's Fleet Since the Re-Organization of the Society In 1850. II. (1873-1885.)
IN the Life-boat Journal for November, 1895, the development of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION'S fleet is traced for the twenty-two years which elapsed between 1850, when the Society had got into regular working order, and...
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The Fraserburgh Fishing Vessel John Scott
Engine failure IN A STRONG north-north-easterly gale, force 9, and snow showers, the skipper of the Fraserburgh fishing vessel, John Scott, contacted Shetland coastguard at 1945 on Wednesday April 24, 1985 to report that his engine had...
The Naming Ceremony of Ordnance Survey Bosun.
The naming ceremony of Ordnance Survey Bosun.
In attendance (from left to right), were: Jannette Petitjean, The Right Reverend John Perry, Mrs Wendy Fellingham, Mr Anthony Oliver (RNLI), Mr John Leonard, Mr Dick Perks... - View image in PDF
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Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution—(continued.)
RYE, SUSSEX. — At daybreak on the 24th October, 1872, the Urgent, a barge, becoming unnavigable when off Jury's Gap, hoisted signals of distress, and commenced firing minute guns. It was blowing hard from the S.S.W., and a heavy sea was...
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The Royal National Life-Boat Institution and the International Exhibition of 1862
OUR Great Exhibition—nay, the World's Great Exhibition—is open to the world's view at last. T'he most numerous, the grandest collection of the useful works of man that was ever brought together within the walls of a single...
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