LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Annual Report. 1888
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Willis's Booms, King Street, St. James's, on Saturday, 24th day of March, 1888, His Grace The DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, E.G., President of the...
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Few Lifeboathouses Are Protected By a Castle! Conwy's Built In 1985 Is on the Tourist Trail
Few Lifeboathouses Are Protected By A Castle! Conwy's Built In 1985 Is on the Tourist Trail. - View image in PDF
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Hunt's Gun and Projectile for Effecting Communication With Wrecked Vessels
IN the last number of this Journal we described an ingenious American invention for night-signalling, which we conceive would be especially valuable in cases of stranding, or other disaster to trading vessels. "We have now to notice...
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Lora and H.H. 100
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.50 on theafternoon of the 27th of May, 1956, the coastguard telephoned to say that the schooner Lora, of East Mersea, had had some of her sails carried away and was drifting east-by-south of Clacton Pier. At 3.2...
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1866
This large number of 714 lives is entirely independent of the 180 lives saved by the rocket apparatus, which is worked by the Coastguard, and provided by the Board of Trade, who continue to co-operate heartily and zealously with the NATIONAL...
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On the Night of Sunday May 28 Bridlington Ilb Launched to Go to the Yacht Pinkers Ablaze In North Bay the Yacht's Crew of Nine Had Taken to Their Dinghy But Could No
On the night of Sunday May 28 Bridlington ILB launched to go to the yacht Pinkers ablaze in North Bay. The yacht's crew of nine had taken to their dinghy but could not propel her and both boats were drifting together with wind and tide.... - View image in PDF
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The Whitby No. 1 Life-Boat Carried Out More Services Than Any Other In 1952
The Whitby No. 1 Life-Boat Carried Out More Services Than Any Other In 1952. - View image in PDF
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Life-Boat In the Lord Mayor's Show
THE Institution was represented in the Lord Mayor's Show, on 10th November, by a Life-boat and crew drawn by atractor. The description as it appeared in the programme of the show was :—• " The Ellen & Margaret of Seattle...
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Middle Pic: Kitted Out In Wet Weather Gear and Lifejackets,
Middle oic: Kitted out in wet weather gear and /ifeyackers, crew members get ready to leap into the pool below.. - View image in PDF
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Saved in the peck of time
Volunteers were diverted on their journey home, after launching to a rowing boat in difficulties that had since made it safely to shore. Eagle-eyed crew spotted a gannet struggling in Kinghorn Bay – it was tangled in plastic string along...
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