LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The End of Steam. Record of the Six Steam Life-Boats and the "Helen Peele" of Padstow
LAST spring, when the Motor Life-boat Princess Mary was sent to Padstow, the larger of the two Pulling and Sailing Life-boats at that station, and the Steam Tug, Helen Peele, were withdrawn from service, while the smaller Life-boat will,...
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Service Awards
Awards to coxswains, crew members and shore helpers The following people were awarded certificates of service on their retirement in 2000.
* denotes coxswain Names in italic have served at least 30 years Names in blue have...
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Award of Medals, Gratuities, Etc
THE following is a list of the cases in which the ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIP- WRECK have voted Honorary or Pecuniary Rewards, to persons who have been instru- mental in saving lives during the year 1852...
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A Boat
Open fishing boat on rocks FISHING IN AN OPEN BOAT at about 0200 on Friday, July 9, 1976, Paul Power saw an 18' open boat go on the rocks near Falskirt Rock, 52° 08'N 7° 02'W, but, the area being filled with lobster...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain John Tallon of Clogher Head. He was appointed bowman in 1933, became second coxswain in 1938 and has been coxswain since 1946. During his service as a boat's officer Clogher Head life- boats...
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She Is Ex-Lifeboat the Three Sisters (On771),
• She is ex-lifeboat The Three Sisters (ON771), a 35ft motor Liverpool lifeboat. She was stationed at Coverack, Cornwall, between 1934 and 1954 where she launched 26 times saving 61 lives. She was sold out of service in 1964 and has had a... - View image in PDF
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An Outboard Motor Boat
St. Abbs, Berwickshire. At 6.55 on the evening of the 18th of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an outboard motor boat with a crew of three engaged in salvage operations on the wreck of the s.s. Nyon, which had...
While Hartlepool's New 44' Waveney Lifeboat the Scout Was at Poole on Trials Before Going on Station She Took Out on Poole Harbour Four Young Local Scouts Togethe
While Hartlepool's new 44' Waveney lifeboat The Scout was at Poole on trials before going on station, she took out on Poole Harbour four young local Scouts together with 84-year-old Andrew Primmer (centre of group above), who took... - View image in PDF
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Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management
Reported to the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management.
November Meeting.
Dungeness and Hythe, Kent.—On the 8th October, the barge Shamrock, of London, was...
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On the Goodwins
Two steamers from which the Walmer life-boat rescued eighty-three lives. In the foreground, the American Luray Victory, wrecked on January 30th, 1946; in the background, the Greek ha, wrecked on March 8th, 1947. - View image in PDF
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