LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles (1)
At 8.50 in the morning of 6th November the Pulling and Sailing Life-boat Arthur R. Dawes was launched in charge of the Second Coxswain to stand by the local motor cobles. A moderate, but in- creasing, S.S.E. breeze was blowing, with a...
Belgium Life-Boat Returns
On April 4th. the Institution returned the Belgian motor life-boat "Ministere Anscele" which was picked up derelict in the English Channel in September 1940, and placed at the Institution's disposal by the Belgian Government...
Category: Articles
Classified
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Category: Advertisement
Sonia and Majestic
Tynemouth, Northumberland - At 1.19 p.m. on 1st November, 1969, it was learnt that the motor boat Sonia was in difficulties about two miles south east by east of Tyne piers. The life-boat Tynesider was launched at 1.26 in a gale force west...
Legacies Paid to the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
PAID TO THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION DURING THE TEN YEARS ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1890.
[Legaciet under £100 are omitted after having been publuhed twice in the Annual .Reports,] Amount...
Category: Donations
Bronze Medal Service at Appledore
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 124 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 46 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to May 31st, 1935 64,048 Bronze Medal Service at Appledore.
ON the...
Category: Services
Letters
It is a comfort to know . . .
On Sunday October 22, I was a guest aboard Yarmouth lifeboat when she was required to answer the tragic call in Christchurch Bay. Although the sea was quiet at the time, I must say that I was...
Category: Correspondence
Race to the rescue
Our lifesavers usually rescue one or a few people at a time – but in May they were called to over 80 swimmers struggling against a powerful tide …
It was a deceptively calm and sunny day on 26...
Category: Articles
Awards
Awards to Coxswains, crews and shore helpers The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement. Those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations were also...
Category: Awards
Forthcoming Life-Boat Days
THE following is a fairly complete list of the Life-boat Days which have already been arranged for the summer.
The dates, however, are subject to alteration. This list does not include a large number of places where days...
Category: Articles