LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Four and a Half Years of War.
In four and a half years of war our life-boatmen have rescued 5536 lives, and have won 200 medals for gallantry. They have rescued twenty-four lives every week since war began..
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On May 29 Stornoway's New 48' 6" Solent Lifeboat (Left) Was Named Hugh William Viscount Gough In Memory of the Late Lord Cough a Regular Fishing Visitor
On May 29 Stornoway's new 48' 6" Solent lifeboat (left) was named Hugh William Viscount Gough in memory of the late Lord Cough, a regular fishing visitor to the island, by his widow, the Viscountess Gough. The lifeboat was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Hon. Mrs Lawson-Johnston and Family
The Hon. Mrs Lawson-Johnston And Family. - View image in PDF
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Gavin and Chy Meet After the Rescue
Gavin and Chy meet after the rescue. - View image in PDF
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Ijmuiden - Cromer Strong Links Are Being Forged Between Cromer Lifeboat Station on One Side of the North Sea and the Netherlands Lifeboat Station at Ijmuiden on the Other Over the Weekend Of
Ijmuiden - Cromer Strong links are being forged between Cromer lifeboat station on one side of the North Sea and the Netherlands lifeboat station at Ijmuiden on the other. Over the weekend of May 8 to 11, Ijmuiden lifeboat Johanna Louisa... - View image in PDF
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 8th February, 1934.
Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.
Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— £ s. d.
Donation from the executors of the late Mr...
Category: Committee
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths JUNE 1989: Eric Offer, coxswain/mechanic of Dun Laoghaire lifeboat from 1967 until his death.
Coxswain Offer was awarded a bronze medal in 1969.
JULY 1989:...
Category: Obituaries
Sunderland Boat and Lifting Gear Perspective Diagram
THERE are more ways than one of launching a Life-boat. Perhaps the most elementary way now in use is that of pushing her into the water over skids thrown down on the foreshore.
The quickest, and therefore the most...
Category: Drawings
The S.S. Cairnmona and Strathlossie (1)
OCT. 30TH. - PETERHEAD, AND ABERDEEN.
At 11.15 P.M. a message was received at Peterhead from the coastguard that a vessel was sinking three miles east of Rattray Head, and that two vessels were standing...
Rnli National Lottery
JOHN TERRETT, a regular presenter on the Bournemouth based Two Counties Radio, visited RNLI headquarters on January 31, 1985 to make the draw for the 28th national lottery. The lottery had raised over £52,000, a record figure and was...
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