LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ordinary people doing extraordinary things
Volunteers are very much at the heart of the RNLI. The charity's lifesaving service could not exist without their passion and relies on an army of willing helpers to go out in lifeboats, to fundraise, to promote safety and...
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Centenaries of Life-Boat Stations
Two life-boat stations celebrated the centenary of their foundation in 1958. One was the station at Ballycotton in County Cork ; the other was Hastings in Sussex.
The ceremony at Hastings took place on the 27th of July,...
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Annual Meeting
THE eighty-ninth Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION was held in the Whitehall Rooms on Wednesday, April 16th, 1913, at 3 P.M. The Right Hon.
the Lord Mersey, P.O., presided, and amongst...
Category: Meetings
Thetis
The Licensed Victualler life-boat at Hunstanton saved the crew of 16 men of the barque Thetis, of Gothenburg, which had stranded on the Wool Pack Sand, about seven miles from Hunstanton.
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The Humber, Yorkshire.—26th March, 1939. Rockets had been reported seven miles N.E. of Mablethorpe on the Lincolnshire coast, but nothing could be found.—Permanent paid crew: Rewards, 9s..
Inland Lifeboat Loan
Shoppers 30 miles inland got a surprise in June when they were greeted by a Brede class lifeboat 'manned' by local volunteers in Brentwood High Street.. - View image in PDF
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A Tanker
FEBRUARY 3RD. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.
A tanker had been attacked by German aircraft about seven miles off Arbroath, but she could not be found. - Rewards, £7 10s. 6d..
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OCTOBER 28TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
German airmen had been reported down in the sea five miles east of Saltfleet, but nothing could be found. - Paid permanent crew..
An Aeroplane (172)
NOVEMBER 7TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea three miles east of Foreness, but the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £7 12s..
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THE LIFE-BOAT (Est. 1852) All editorial material submitted for consideration with a view to publication in the Journal should be addressed to The Editor, THE LIFE-BOAT, 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1 (Tel. 01-730 0031). Photographs...
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