LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ready to lead
Filey Crew Member Fran Wilkins (pictured) showed a cool head at sea during her coxswain’s assessment in October when she was diverted to some walkers cut off by the tide. With Fran in charge, and two RNLI inspectors aboard, the crew found...
Category: Articles
Loss of the "Arctic." Heroic Conduct of An Englishman
HEROIC CONDUCT OF AN ENGLISHMAN.
IT is with the mingled feeling of melancholy pleasure that is peculiar to the contemplation of great acts which have caused the death of the actors of them, that we add to our series of...
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Winner (1)
Holy Island, and North Sunderland, Northumberland.—At 10.40 on the night of the 26th of August, 1956, the coastguard reported that the fishing boat Winner of Holy Island, skippered by the life-boat coxswain, which had left at 5.30 that...
The Life-Boat Service 100 Years Ago. Case of the "Venus" Steam Packet
" AT 9 P.M. on the 18th of March, 1828, the boat belonging to the Venus Steam Packet, of Glasgow, William Brown, Commander, landed at Glynn, in the County of Wexford, with nine persons on board, including himself and one female ; and...
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Books for Spring
For the young adventurer
School Ship Tobermory by Alexander McCall Smith Twins Ben and Fee MacTavish, who are nearly 13, are all set to join the school ship Tobermory, where youngsters from all over the world learn to...
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Life-Boats for the Coast of Scotland
THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which has already numerous Lifeboat Stations on the English and Irish Coasts, is desirous to extend its work of usefulness to the Coasts of Scotland, that every part of the United Kingdom may be...
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The Nictaux, of St Johns
On the 13th March, during a strong S.W. wind, the ship Nictaux, of St. John's, N.B., struck on James's Bank, about four miles from South- port. The Jessie. Knowles life-boat quickly went off, and, with the assistance of two...
Jersey: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Names Thomas James King (Below) and (Above) Meets the 89-Year-Old Gold Medallist After Whom the New St.He Her Boat Tak
Jersey: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother names Thomas James King (below) and (above) meets the 89-year-old gold medallist after whom the new St He Her boat takes her name.
Photographs by courtesy of (above) Jersey Evening... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Afternoon Ended With Tea In the Foyer: the Duke of Kent President With Commander Ralph Swann Chairman Talks With Bronze Medallists Trevor Fryer and Frederick
The afternoon ended with tea in the foyer: The Duke of Kent, President, with Commander Ralph Swann, Chairman, talks with bronze medallists Trevor Fryer and Frederick Arkley ofTynemouth.
Photograph by courtesy of Peter... - View image in PDF
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Lifeboat Services (1)
Lifeboat Services August, September and October 1988 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Anin ON 1050: October 20 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: August 2, 27 and 29 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: August 8, 20. 29, September 3,...
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