LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

YOUNG PAIR RESCUE BOYS AT ABOUT 5.30 p.m. on 29th May, 1972, three young children were playing on the outer pier of North Sunderland harbour. The wind was westerly force 4-5 with a long heavy swell coming in from a north-easterly direction....

Thursday, 5th January, 1860. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., V.P., F.K.S., in the Chair.

Bead and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...

SHIPS have always been a favourite subject for stamps. Yet among this multipli- city of stamps concerned with the sea, comparatively little attention has been paid to that very necessary aspect of life at sea, namely, the life-boats which...

Three snatched to safety in atrocious weather conditions Coxswain Ron Cannon of Ramsgate lifeboat has been awarded the RNLI's Silver Medal for bravery, with Emergency Mechanic Timothy Hurst and Crew Member Lance Oram receiving Thanks on...

IN one post the Institution received gifts of a pair of sea-boot stockings, a bag of corks, a jig-saw puzzle and a cheque for £1,000..

ON the night of June 13th the Motor Life-boat at Stromness was called out to the help of a large steamer, the Hastings County, of Bergen, on her way from Hamburg to Montreal with a general cargo, which the Coast Guard had reported to have...

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THE MEDAL R0YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.

Obverse.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, " L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National...