LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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"MY HEARING AND HAPPINESS - I'VE REDISCOVERED BOTH!" "I'm not deaf but I am hard of hearing", (iwen Banks of Plymouth told us.
"My hearing problem gradually got worse over the years until it...
Category: Advertisement
Electrical Communication Between Lighthouses and Light-Vessels and the Shore
THE following is a copy of a placard circulated in November last by the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, calling attention to an important concession to shipowners and others, whereby they are allowed on occasions of shipping casualties...
Category: Articles
Clacton Co-Operative Band Was Just One of the Attractions on Clacton Pier for a Highly Successful 'Charity Nile' Last June Free Rides on the Funfair Cabaret and Two Fre
Clacton Co-operative Band was just one of the attractions on Clacton Pier for a highly successful 'Charity Nile' last June. Free rides on the funfair, cabaret and two free dolphin shows helped to make the evening a success. More than... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John Petit Joined St.Peter Port Lifeboat Crew In 1952 and Was Appointed Coxswain In 1964; He Was Awarded the Bronze Medal In 1963 the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum In 1972 Bar
John Petit joined St Peter Port lifeboat crew in 1952 and was appointed coxswain in 1964; he was awarded the bronze medal in 1963, the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum in 1972, bars to his bronze medal in 1975, 1977 and 1979 and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Another Happy Collector
A LADY member of the Institution's branch at Crewe is a very keen gar- dener. She sells both plants and cut flowers, taking them by bus into the town where she has many standing orders and more requests than she can fulfil. The manager...
Category: Donations
The Norwegian Merchant Vessel Lysfoss
oom Tobermory lifeboat crew took a leading role in a major environmental operation after a cargo ship ran aground on 7 May. The stricken vessel could clearly be seen from the lifeboat station, firmly wedged onto rocks just a 10-minute...
Rewards Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution From the 1st January to the 31st December, 1858
Oct. 23, 1857.—A Norwegian barque was seen in distress during stormy weather on Hasboro' Sands. A fishing-lugger's crew picked up, with some difficulty, the ship's crew of 9 men, who had taken to their boat.—Reward,...
Category: Articles
Happy People: Rescued Two and Saved Boat
TWO MEN had been spending Sunday January 16 fishing off the western end of the Isle of Wight in an open 17ft dory. When, at 1530, they started to prepare for the return passage to Poole, their outboard engine failed. They were reported...
Category: Articles
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management
For which Rewards were given at the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At about 5 P.M. on the 21st August, an open out- board motor boat, with three men and...
Category: Services
The Use of Oil at Sea. By Lieut. John P. Holditch, R.N.R.
IN April, 1883, the ship I commanded was homeward bound from Australia to Cork, for orders; we were just off New Zealand, about the worst place "for wind till you come to Cape Horn on the passage.
A heavy N.W. gale...
Category: Articles