LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obeerm.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, " L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded in...
Category: Medals
Muddy waters
How would the occupants of a yacht survive when it sank within seconds at the mouth of the Thames? Anne Millman finds out
On the overcast but cold morning of 17 February, Thames Coastguard at Waltonon- the-Naze heard an...
Category: Articles
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Floods hit Scottish caravan site Aberdeen's D class inshore lifeboat was towed more than eight miles behind the helmsman's car when a flash flood burst the banks of the River Dee and water up to 1 Oft deep engulfed a park containing...
An Aeroplane (54)
JULY 26TH. - CROMER. NORFOLK. An aeroplane had crashed on the Outer Bank, but the life-boat found that she had been smashed and there was nothing to be done.
- Rewards, £13 4s.
(See Haisborough, “...
Book Corner
• Boat World: The Sail and Powerboat Yearbook 1971, now in its eighth edition, is to hand from Sell's Publications Ltd., Sell's House, 39 East Street, Epsom, Surrey, price £1.25. This annual handbook for boat owners is packed...
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Sapphire
YOUGHAL.—The Chief Officer of Coastguard having reported that a steamer, bearing about fourteen miles E. of Youghal, appeared to be in distress, on the 28th March, the Life-boat Mary Luckombe was launched at noon and proceeded under sail to...
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life-Governors The following have been appointed honor- ary life-governors of the Institution and pre- sented with a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum and signed by H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent as President of the...
Category: Awards
An Aeroplane (93)
JUNE 20TH. - MINEHEAD, SOMERSET.
An aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £7 0s. 3d.
(See Watchet, “ page 98.) Services by Shore-boats,”.
An Admiralty Minelayer
NOVEMBER 22ND. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An Admiralty minelayer had run aground, but her crew were saved from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus. - Rewards, Barmouth, £8 6s. ; Pwllheli,...
An Aeroplane (55)
JULY 29TH. - RAMSEY, AND PEEL, ISLE OF MAN An aeroplane had been reported to Ramsey as having fallen into the sea six miles S.W. of Burrow Head, and the Ramsey life-boat was launched, as the Kirkcudbright life-boat was off service. At Peel...