LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
64 YEARS WITH THE QUEEN
Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI, believed that sea rescue was ‘a cause which extends from the palace to the cottage ... and which addresses itself with equal force to all the best feelings of every class in the state.’ So began our... - View image in PDF
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News from the Branches. 1st August to 31st October, 1939
1st August to 31st October, 1939.
Greater London.
CLAPHAM.—Whist drives.
COVENT GARDEN.—The branch has suffered a serious loss by the death of Mr.
Bert Monro, who had...
Category: Branches
Above: Some of the 80 Guests Arriving
Above: Some of the 80 guests arriving for the gala performance of 'The Merry Widow' at Holland Park in Kensington on 27 June 2001.. - View image in PDF
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Rose, of Lyne
On the 23rd November, the schooner Rose, of Lynn, was stranded off Linemouth, 2 miles north of Neivbiggin, on the Northumberland coast. The Institution's life-boat stationed at Newbiggin was conveyed to the spot on her carriage, but...
Shamrock, of Wexford
On the 9th April, during a strong easterly wind, the smack Shamrock, of Wexford, was seen to strike on the north end of the Dogger Bank, and to hoist signals of distress. The Civil Service life-boat was quickly launched, and on nearing the...
The Bull Lightvessel
Humber, Yorkshire. At 4.30 on the morning of the 8th of April, 1958, the Spurn Point coastguard told the cox- swain superintendent that a member of the crew of the Bull lightvessel had died during the night and asked if the life- boat would...
The Bravest Life-Boat Deed of 1947
TilE annual award for the bravest lifeboat deed of 1947, known as the "Miss Maud Smith's reward for courage,, in memory of John, 7th Earl of Hardwicke," has been made to Coxswain Edwin F. Madron,' of Penlee, for the rescue...
Category: Awards
Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1922
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1912
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1896
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