LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Saving Drowning Persons By Swimming to Their Relief
1st. When you approach a drowning person, assure him, with a loud and firm voice, that he is safe.
2nd. Before jumping in to save him, divest yourself as far and as quickly as possible of all clothes, especially boots and...
Category: Articles
Ivy P.
Wicklow.—On the evening of the 13th December signals of distress were seen coming from the ketch Ivy P. of Dublin, which was lying at anchor about two miles E.N.E. of Wicklow harbour. A strong S.S.E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea,...
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Category: Advertisement
"The Padstow Centenary": An Addition. The Silver Medallists of the Station
An article on the Padstow Station, which last year celebrated its Centenary, appeared in the Life-boat for last November, and particulars were given of the Medals which had been won by Padstow Life-boatmen. Several Medals have to be added to...
Category: Medals
The LRET supports new crew
The Lloyd's Register Educational Trust (The LRET) generously donated £174,000 to the RNLI in 2011, helping us train 258 crew members in sea survival and firefighting.
The LRET is an independent charity working to...
Category: Articles
The Gallant Life-Boat Men
WE'VE songs in praise of men of fame, Of men who've fought and bled, Whose names still live in history, Though they themselves are dead: But I'll not sing of heroes gone— My burthen now shall be Our gallant British Life-boat men,...
Category: Poetry
The Two Belgian Motor Life-Boats, Built from the Plans of the Watson Cabin Type
The Two Belgian Motor Life-Boats Built From The Plans of the Watson Cabin Type. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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...
Category: Articles
The American Steamer Solomon Juneau
APRIL 9TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT. The American steamer Solomon Juneau had been torpedoed and one man had been blown overboard, but the life-boat could not find him. - Rewards, £26 6s..
From the Canadian Red Cross
For thirty months, from September 1943 to February 1946, the Canadian Red Cross Society made a monthly gift to the Life-boat Service. These gifts totalled £1,790..
Category: Articles