LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Propulsion of Life-Boats
IT will doubtless be in the memory of some of our readers that in April, 1886, the General Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION ap- pointed a sub-committee to inquire into the practicability of applying steam to Life-boats....
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Our Inland Branches
Ix the last number of this Journal attention was drawn to the valuable co-operation of the Man- chester Branch, and the important services rendered to the Life-boat cause in that city, resulting, as was shown, in the presentation of...
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United States Life-Saving Service
It appears from the Annual Report of the operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for the year ended the 30th June, 1893, issued a few months since from the Government Printing Office at Washington, that there are now 243...
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Centenaries of Life-Boat Stations. Presentation of Vellums Signed By the Prince of Wales
Presentation of Vellums signed by the Prince of Wales.
TEN presentations of Centenary Vellums to Stations have taken place during the past summer, making the total of such Vellums presented forty-three. Nine of these...
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To the Rescue of a London Barge at Walton-on-Naze
THE barges Esterel and Yampa, of London, were on their way from London to Norwich with cargoes of maize on the 4th November, 1939.
When nearly opposite Orfordness they were caught by an easterly gale. Both barges turned...
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Third Gold Medal Since the War
AT 3.15 on the afternoon of 5th February, 1963, Niton radio informed St. Peter Port radio in Guernsey that the Norwegian motor vessel Johan Collett needed help immediately. Her position was fourteen miles west-north- west of Les Hanois...
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Atlantic College Celebrates 25 Years
THE United World College of the Atlantic is 25 years old this year. What has this to do with the RNLI and what is Atlantic College anyway? Those who are familiar with the history of the college might well consider it the birth place of the...
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A Speed Boat
Joint rescue saves water-skiersOn Saturday, 8 September 2001, three lifeboats, two helicopters and two cliff rescue teams were called out to rescue three people from a speedboat that had capsized in a notoriously dangerous area. The wind was...
Presentation of a Gold Medal
THE Gold Medal of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which is a much- coveted distinction, only bestowed for deeds of exceptional valour, was awarded in April to the REVEREND JOHN M. O'SHEA, parish priest of Ardmore, Co. Waterford...
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RNLI Family: The life of the charity. Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
ALL GROWN UP
Back in 2012, photographer Nigel Millard took a picture of the children of Tobermory’s crew trying on their parents’ kit. Almost 5 years later, the station recreated the iconic shot. Alexander Anderson (second...
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