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The Swedish Government Honours a Life-Boat Crew

Date: November 1913

Volume: 22

Issue: 250

IN another column we give an account of the very fine service rendered by the crew of the Matthew Simpson, the Berwick-on-Tweed Life-boat, in rescuing the whole of the crew, eleven in number, of the Swedish barque Jacob Baiters, of...

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Six Times One:

Date: Summer 1986

Volume: 50

Issue: 497

Six times one: John Spivey of Iver, Bucks, was wearing his Shoreline sweater recently on the day he scored a hole in one during a golf tournament. It was, unbelievably, the sixth hole in one of his golfing career and one thing that pleased... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

The 37Ft Oakley Designed By R a Oakley the Institution's Surveyor of Lifeboats Was the First Modern Lifeboat With a Self-Righting Capability and the First Boat of the Class to Be Built 3 G Graves O

Date: Spring 1980

Volume: 47

Issue: 472

The 37ft Oakley, designed by R. A. Oakley, the Institution's surveyor of lifeboats, was the first modern lifeboat with a self-righting capability, and the first boat of the class to be built, 3. G.

Graves of Sheffield,... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

April (1)

Date: 1941

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1941

APRIL MEETING SCOURIE, SUTHERLAND. On the afternoon of the 26th February, 1941, a motor boat, with a crew of four, went out line-fishing near Handa Island. On the following morning the boat had not returned, and enquiries were made, without...

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Right: New Year's Day Also Saw Revellers Taking the Plunge at the Annual Loony Dook

Date: Winter 2003

Volume: 59

Issue: 563

Right: New Year's Day also saw revellers taking the plunge at the annual Loony Dook in the Firth of Forth. Alice KenneCy gets a helping hand from South Queensferry lifeboat crew. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

At Bridlington (Yorkshire) on the Same Day

Date: February 1934

Volume: 29

Issue: 317

At Bridlington (Yorkshire) on the Same Day The Motor Life-Boat Returning After Standing By Fishing Boats. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

The British Railways Ferry Princess Victoria (1)

Date: Winter 1953

Volume: 33

Issue: 364

On the 31st of January, 1953, the British Railways ferry Princess Victoria sank in a gale in the Irish Sea.

The Portpatrick, Donaghadee, Clou- ghey and Newcastle, Co. Down, life- boats were all launched on service.

Shore Helpers Must Ensure the Lifeboat Runs

Date: Winter 1981

Volume: 47

Issue: 475

Shore helpers must ensure the lifeboat runs straight up the shingle often with more than gentle physical persuasion.. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Below: the Remains of Tynemouth Boathouse

Date: Winter 2002

Volume: 58

Issue: 559

Below: The remains of Tynemouth boathouse and the John Pyemont lifeboat, which were destroyed by a German bomb on 9 April 1941.. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Centenary of the Tower of Refuge, Douglas, Isle of Man

Date: September 1932

Volume: 28

Issue: 311

ON llth May the centenary was cele- brated at Douglas, Isle of Man, of the Tower of Refuge on St. Mary's Rock, in the middle of the Bay. This tower was built by Sir William Hillary, the founder of the Institution, and the first stone was...

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