LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Gallant Service In 1912. Silver Medal for the Second Coxswain at Fraserburgh
IT has been decided to make special awards in connexion with a service which took place at Fraserburgh in January, 1912, when the Life-boat was launched to the help of a steam trawler, Clio. The service of the Life-boat was reported to the...
Category: Services
Gift from American Passengers
A GIFT of £50 has been received from the Prince Line, contributed by pas- sengers travelling on their vessels between New York and South America..
Category: Donations
Lifeboat Services from Page 117
had become disabled when her propeller had fallen off. She had been blown close to some rocks and the lifeboat towed her clear. The two men were then taken aboard the lifeboat and the power boat towed to Girvan. Harbour was reached at 2245...
Category: Services
Lining Up for Cash
Line dancers from Quin in the Republic of Ireland, donned lifeboat clobber and strutted their stuff in July to raise cash for the RNLI.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
'We're really happy to be part of the RNLI'
Meet some of the people who are getting our new lifesaving services off the ground
Portishead lifeboat has been running as an independent rescue service since The...
Category: Articles
From a Life-Boat Collector
The following letter has been received from a lady who for over fourteen years has been a collector for one of the Institution's branches:—• "I wish to assure you that all my efforts on behalf of your great caus have been well...
Category: Correspondence
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Swim between the flag You'll hear again and again from RNLI Beach Lifeguards: 'Always swim where there is a lifeguard on patrol and stay inside the area marked by the red and yellow flags.' On a sunny day at Perranporth, Cornwall...
Lifeboat Services
South West Division German tug, Dutch coaster ON THE AFTERNOON of Tuesday January 3, 1984, the West German tug Fairplay X fouled her propeller in St Ives Bay while trying to pass a towline to the Netherlands coaster Orca; the coaster, her...
Category: Services
Lifeboat Quiz Answers (From Page 18)
Lifeboat quiz answers (from page 18) 1—(a) Aith, Shetlands;(b) Lowestoft, Suffolk; (c) St Helier, Jersey; and (d) Valentia, Co. Kerry.
2—The first lifeboat designed to work under sail was the Frances Ann, built at Lowestoft...
Category: Articles
Omer Denise
The steam trawler Omer Denise, of Ostend, while in ballast from Ostend to the fishing grounds, ran on the rocks at Meres, near Coverack, on the 4th March. A moderate E.N.E. breeze was blowing with a moderate sea, and it was misty. The...