LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Cranby
OCTOBER 20TH. - REDCAR, YORK-SHIRE. At 9.30 P.M. the S.S. Cranby, ofMontreal, a 2,000-ton steamer, with a crew of twenty-one, bound laden with coal from Newcastle to London, ran ashore on West Scar Rocks. The weather was hazy, with a light...
The S.S. English Trader (1)
SILVER AND BRONZE MEDAL SERVICES AT CROMER AND GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON OCTOBER 26TH - 27TH. - CROMER, AND GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. About eight in the morning a message came from the Cromer coastguard that the Yarmouth...
Notes of the Quarter
FOLLOWING the birth of a son to Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales a letter of congratulations and good wishes was sent to Buckingham Palace by Rear Admiral W. J.
Graham, the director, on behalf of...
Category: Articles
Some Heroes of 1914
THE Life-boatmen who had been awarded the Gold and Silver Medals of the Institution in recognition of gallant services during 1914 were present at the Annual Meeting on the 21st April, and were introduced to the Chairman. In the case of...
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An icy plunge When Portsmouth's volunteers heard that a man was trapped in icy waters below a pier, they knew they were in a race against timePolice officers had been called to Portsmouth's South Marine Parade Pier on the evening of...
Yachtsmen and the Life-Boat Service
SINCE the end of the war in 1945 the number of calls for life-boat assistance emanating from yachtsmen—a term used as conveniently indicating people who go to sea for pleasure rather than profit—has steadily increased. Life-boat calls to...
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His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man (Major General Sir William Fry, K.C.V.O., C.B.) Speaking from the Ramsey Life-Boat on Life-Boat Day
His Excellency The Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man (Major General Sir William Fry KCVO CB). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Earls Court: Peter Holness (R) Shows Mrs Margaret Thatcher Shorelines Cmg Visual Display Computer Link on the Rnli Stantl on That Day It Was Being Operated By Lin
Earls Court: Peter Holness (r) shows Mrs Margaret Thatcher Shorelines CMG visual display computer link on the RNLI stantl. - View image in PDF
On that day it was being operated by Linda Powell of Shoreline office.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifesaving with class
Part of a lifeguard’s role is to prevent accidents before they happen by giving safety advice – usually on the beach, but sometimes in the heart of the city …
'Help, help,’ shouts an 11-year-old girl to her friend....
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Launches
Aberdeen ON-1248:Jun27.Jul2 D-536 Junl. Jul2. JulB, Julie Abersoch B-582:Jun24.Jul20,Jul25.Jul28.
Jul3t{x2) Aberystwyth B-704 Jun18.Jun20.Jun2l.Jul1, Jul5. Jul7. Jul22. Ju126, Jul27.
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