LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Rubber Dinghy from an Aeroplane
NOVEMBER 16TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A rubber dinghy from a German aeroplane had been sighted, with at least three men on board, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £36 12st
NOVEMBER 17TH. - CLACTON...
A Steamer (4)
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—1st October.
A steamer carrying pit props had capsized, and a trawler had picked up one survivor, but a search for the rest of the crew was without result.— Rewards, £6 14s. 6d..
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, FOR THE PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, " L. C. Wyon." Double legeud, " Royal...
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Pub Partners
In March Caterbury and District branch decided to collect in all the pubs in their area. What they hadn't realised was that there were 110 pubs in their patch so they enlisted local supporters to help.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
News from the Branches. 1st August to 30th November, 1936
Greater London.
CHINGFORD.—Address to the Rotary Club by the district organizing secretary.
CLAPHAM.—Annual meeting on 20th October, Mrs. Clarke, chairman, presiding.
Speakers :...
Category: Branches
A Small Vessel
Longhope, Orkneys.—3rd September, 1939. A small vessel had been reported flying distress signals, and the life-boat searched a wide area but found nothing.
It was learned later that the vessel had been taken in tow by a...
A Group of 8- to 13-Year-Old Children Living In the Llandegai Area of North Wales Planned and Ran a Mini-Fete In Dr and Mrs Tideman S Garden Last September Raising £52 F
A group of 8- to 13-year-old children living in the Llandegai area of North Wales planned and ran a mini-fete in Dr and Mrs Tideman s garden last September, raising £52 for the lifeboat service. In the photograph are Heather, Susy and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Arde Graft
TRIMARAN CAPSIZED At 8.50 a.m. on yth June, 1964, several people informed the honorary secretary that a trimaran had capsized on the harbour bar. It was almost low water; there was a fresh breeze with a rough sea. At 9.15 the life-boat The...
The Joint Services Training Yacht Kukri, and Zingana
Rescue by fishermen A NORTH-EASTERLY NEAR GALE, force 7, gusting to force 8 was blowing and the sea in St Mary's Harbour, Isles of Scilly, was rough when at about 1625 on the afternoon of Tuesday May 22, 1984, the joint services training...
Grace Darling's Coble. A Permanent Home at Bamburgh
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 90 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 104 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to 27th November, 1930 62,443 Grace Darling's Coble.
A...
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