LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (16)
MAY 12TH. SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards. £7 10s..
A Dinghy
Quick response ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1983, Alexander Strutt, motor mechanic of Kirkwall's 70ft Clyde lifeboat, saw a single-handed dinghy capsize. Although her helmsman could right his boat, he could not keep her upright; a southerly near...
The Belfast to Liverpool Ferry St Colum I
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Sunday January 26, 1986: a woman had suffered a suspected heart attack aboard the Belfast to Liverpool ferry, St Colum I. At 0313 Douglas lifeboat, the 46ft 9in Watson class, R. A. Colby Cubbin No 1, launched with the...
United States Life-Saving Service
THE Annual Report of the operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for the year ended the 30th June, 1894, was issued a few months since from the Gov- ernment Printing Office at Washington, and we learn from it that there are now...
Category: Articles
The Annual Meeting of the French Life-Boat Service
AT the invitation of La Societe Centrale de Sauvetage des Naufrages, the Hon.
George Colville, Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Management, attended the Society's Annual Meeting, which was held in Paris on Sunday...
Category: Meetings
Honorary Workers of the Institution. No. 6. Mr. G. L. Thomson, J.P., Honorary Secretary of the Stromness Branch
THE most northerly of all the Institution's Life-boat Stations is at Stromness on the west coast of Mainland or Pomona, the largest of the f i f t y - s i x i s l a n d s which form the Orkneys. There was a still more northerly Station...
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Awards Made at the 1995 Annual Presentation of Awards
Awards made at the 1995 Annual Presentation of Awards See page 4 of this issue for a report of the Annual Meetings Since the last Annual Presentation of Awards Meeting the Committee of Management has awarded six Honorary Life Governorships,...
Category: Awards
Prince Charles Visits Rock
Prince Charles shakes hands and has a chat with Rock lifeboat crew members. Photo: John Beckett Photography. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Extended lifeguard season saves the dayBeach lifeguards at Perranporth were surprised to see a horse and rider galloping up to them on the afternoon of 26 October 2003 Two horse riders had been enjoying a sunny autumn day on Perran Sands...
Credit cards closing
It is with regret that the RNLI is required to close all Lifeboats MasterCard accounts after more than 20 successful years.
Since its introduction, the Lifeboats MasterCard has generated over £1M in charitable...
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