LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Inaugural Ceremony of the Weymouth Motor Lifeboat
THE Inaugural Ceremony of the new Weymouth Motor Life-boat took place on 16th July on the Nothe Parade, in the presence of many hundreds of people. The Motor Life-boat from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, was also present.
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Category: Inaugurations
Rewards of the Royal Humane Society
IT has been our custom from time to time to record the noble deeds of our Life- boat crews, who, acting on the promptings of an innate heroism, have, during winter storms, performed deeds of such desperate courage and patient endurance as to...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (194)
DECEMBER 10TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
A British aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea a mile off Lower Sharpnose Point, but a later message said that she was safe and the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £...
An Aeroplane (150)
SEPTEMBER 29TH. - NEWQUAY, AND ST. IVES, CORNWALL. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the life-boats were recalled at the request of the naval officer at Penzance. - Rewards : Newquay, £18 ; St. Ives, £25 1S...
An Aeroplane (6)
JULY 3RD. - BEAUMARIS, AND HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY. A wrecked aeroplane had been reported in the sea about twenty miles north of the Skerries, but nothing could be found. - Rewards : Beaumaris, £11 11s. 9d. ; Holyhead, £6 5s..
The 1949 Christmas Card
A life-boat scene on the Goodwin Sands in the middle of the 19th century.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
List of the Rewards for Saving Life from Wrecks, Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
FOR SAVING LIFE FROM WRECKS VOTED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION TO THE CREWS OF ITS LIFE-BOATS, TO SHORE AND FISHING-BOATS' CREWS, AND TO OTHER PERSONS, FROM THE 1ST JANUARY TO THE 31ST DECEMBER,...
Category: Articles
The Adventures of a Life-Boat Flotilla
ON 15th April, 1909, a flotilla of three Life-boats, in two of which motor engines had been installed, were despatched by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION from the London Docks en route by sea for Thurso...
Category: Articles
The War Record Year By Year. The 3rd of September, 1939, to the 8th of May, 1945
Year 1939 Launches of Life-boats to ships in distress on account of the War Total launches "f Life-boats Lives Rescued by Life-boats Lives Rescued by Shore-boats r • Medals „ ive% , awarded to *X$ *«...
Category: Services
Fundraising
Running miles but going nowhere? Why not take part in an exciting RNLI race and take your running to new horizons while raising funds that help save lives at sea...A race to suit every paceIf you're a keen runner but tired of doing it...
Category: Articles