LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
The Joseph and Mary, 84 feet by &i feet, 10 oars.
THE port of Poole is situated on the N.E. shore of the picturesque bay of that name. When the tide is in, and the extensive mud flats covered, the scenery is striking...
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Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the National Life-Boat Institution
STATION. Length. Breadth. No. of Oars. When Stationed or Named. No. ENGLAND. Ft. In. Ft. in. NORTHUMBERLAND BKRWICK-OX-TWKED - - - 33 - 8 - 10 1864 1 HOLY ISLASD — No. 1 - — — 34 - 8 ...
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The Voyage of the Motor Life-Boat "William Evans" from Cowes to Wexford
THE following are some extracts from the report of the Irish District Inspector on the voyage which the new Wexford Motor Life-boat made to her Station, under her own power, as soon as her trials at Cowes had been...
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Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management
For which Rewards were given at the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Crail, Fifeshire.—The trawler Jane Rosst, of Aberdeen, struck the Harvey Rocfe off Crail, while bound in ballast...
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Air Cases for Fishing-Cobles
SOME time since a system of securing the buoyancy of fishing-cobles by means of air cases, so fitted as not to impede the fishermen when following their calling, yet, at the same time, to render the cobles unsinkable, was introduced by the...
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Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the October, November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management
For which Rewards were given at the October, November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management.
EOBIN HOOD'S BAY, YORKSHIRE.— On 3rd September the ex-Coxswain of the Life-boat and three...
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No fear for the Reaper
Whitby’s Trent class lifeboat was launched on 20 July 2008 at 11.30pm to help the historic fishing vessel Reaper, which had suffered engine failure and was taking on water. In force 7 winds and a 4m swell, the volunteers transferred their...
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What Lancashire and Yorkshire Have Done for the Life-Boat Cause
IT will be in the memory of our readers that the Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION issued a special appeal last year for funds and increased permanent support. They pointed out that, while each year the efficiency of...
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List of Launches
Station-by-station lifeboat launches for November and December 1997 and January and February 1998 Aberdeen, Grampian Arun; Nov 25, 28 and Feb 15 D Class; Feb 15 (Twice) Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Dec 7 Aberystwyth. Cardiganshire...
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Honours for RNLI people
RNLI Clinical Operations Manager Paul Savage, who developed a pioneering casualty care course for lifesavers, was one of four of our people recognised in HM The Queen’s New Year’s Honours list.
Paul (pictured above) – who...
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