LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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CABOTOAN.—At 5.30 A.M., on the 9th February, the Life-boat Lizzie and Charles Leigh Glare was launched during a fresh gale from the N.N.E. to N., squally weather and a heavy sea, and rescued the crew, consisting of four men from the schooner...
The Mumbles Lifeboat
A cheque, large in both size and amount, was handed over to the Duke of Atholl (centre), Chairman of the RNLI. The cheque, for £173,245.86 was for the total amount raised by The Mumbles lifeboat appeal. Seen with His Grace are (I to r)... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
From Ascension Island
THE following letter comes from the manager of the station of the Eastern Telegraph Company, on that remote spot in the South Atlantic, Ascension Island : " As a result of the receipt of your booklet, The Story of the Life-boat, I had...
Category: Correspondence
The Life-Boat Saturday Fund
A further substantial increase in the receipts and a further satisfactory decrease in the working expenses! This is the highly gratifying report supplied by the Central Committee of the Life-boat Saturday Fund as the result of their labours...
Category: Articles
Weathering the storm
As the recession continues, your support for the RNLI is more important than ever.
Six out of ten lifeboat launches are only possible thanks to legacy gifts. While we expect the number of gifts to increase over the coming...
Category: Articles
Catching the Moment - Rick Tomlinson's Shot of Fishguard's Trent
Catching the moment - Rick Tomlinson's shot of Fishguard's Trent class Blue Peter VII Photo Rick Tomlinson/Jameson's Irish Whiskey. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Yarmouth Isle of Wight 52Ft Arun Lifeboat Joy and John Wade Returning to Station on Saturday March 29 She Had Launched to Go to the Help of a Nonvegian Cargo Vessel Germa Geisha In Diffic
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, 52ft Arun lifeboat Joy and John Wade returning to station on Saturday March 29. She had launched to go to the help of a Nonvegian cargo vessel Germa Geisha in difficulties about nine miles south east of St... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
FALMOUTH. — The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently formed a life-boat establishment at this port. Although the harbour of Falmouth is of a land-locked character, yet there are occasions when disasters occur in its immediate vicinity...
Category: Articles
The Four-Masted Schooner Reform
On the morning of the 16th March a four-masted schooner, the Reform, of Stavanger, bound from Bankok for Greenock with teak wood, was sighted off Burr Point flying signals denoting that she was sinking. The crew of the Lifeboat were summoned...