LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Presentation By H.R.H. The Prince of Wales to a Gallant Life-Boat Coxswain
ON the 4th May, 1908, the Prince of Wales, who is the President of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION and takes the greatest interest in its work and welfare, graciously commanded Mr. William Owen, the Coxswain- Superintendent of the...
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Lifeboat People
Crew Member John Dew of Torbay was one of two men who rescued two elderly people when fire broke out in a block of flats in Brixham last October.
He had seen the flames while driving home, went to investigate and helped...
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An Aeroplane (17)
FEBRUARY 14TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE, AND CROMARTY. A British aeroplane had got into difficulties and her crew had baled out, but nothing was seen.- Rewards : Buckie, £11 8s. ; Cromarty, £4 15s..
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
PORTRUSH, Co. ANTRIM.—The schooner Ullen Myvanwy, of Beaumaris, bound from Runcorn for Ramelton, co. Donegal, with a cargo of salt, anchored in Skerries Roads, off Portrush on the 28th Feb., 1891.
On the 2nd March, a gale...
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The Life-Boat
(See Diagrams on next page.) The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7i feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the...
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An Aeroplane (32)
NOV. 19TH. - SEAHAM, DURHAM. An aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea. The life-boat could find no trace of her, and news was later received that the aeroplane herself was picked up by a trawler, but that its crew was missing. ...
An Admiralty Minelayer (1)
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. ;...
Wild Rose
REDCAR.—The Life-boat Brothers was launched for exercise at 2.15 P.M. on the 23rd June, 1892, in a moderate gale from the N. by E. and a rough sea, and, while under sail, the coble Wild Rose, of Eedcar, was seen, about two miles to leeward,...
News from the Branches
Annual Meetings: Station Branches.
BLACKPOOL (LANCASHIRE).—On 1st July, Councillor T. P. Fletcher, J.P., Deputy-Mayor, presiding. The report for the year ending 30th September, 1925, showed that £371 had been col-...
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SAFEGUARD SECURITY
Alarms and double glazing are not sufficient to deter burglars! Safeguard your home and your office SLIDING INTERIOR WINDOW PROTECTION Now you can sleep with your windows open without fear of intruders It is now widely accepted by the police...
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