LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Annual Awards 1978
The Maud Smith Award for the most outstanding act of life saving by a lifeboatman during 1978 has been made to Coxswain John Petit of St Peter Port for the rescue of two men from the oil rig Orion on the night of February...
Category: Awards
Mercantile Credit
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Mercantile Credit
New! for shoreline members sailing loans at reduced rates Now, as a Shoreline member, you're in a privileged position when it comes to financing your sailing.
Shoreline Saijing Loans are now available at special...
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Inaugural Ceremonies of Motor Life-Boats
Cromer and Penlee.
THE new Cromer Motor Life-boat is the third of the Norfolk and Suffolk type to be constructed, the other two being the boats stationed at Walton-on-Naze and Lowestoft. The second of these two boats, the...
Category: Articles
Left) Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse a 52Ft Barnett Lifeboat Stationed at Plymouth from 1952 to 1974 for Her Service to Merc Enterprise An January 16 1974 Co
(Left) Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse, a 52ft Barnett lifeboat stationed at Plymouth from 1952 to 1974. For her service to Merc Enterprise an January 16, 1974, Coxswain John Dare was awarded the bronze medal for gallantry.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Isabel, of Liverpool
On the 18th September, at 5 a.m., a small schooner was observed to be on shore on the North Bar, off Barmouth, on the Welsh coast, her crew being lashed in the rigging. The life-boat of the NA- TIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was, as quickly as...
Centenaries of Life-Boat Stations
Presentation of Vellums signed by the Prince of Wales.
DURING the present year the Institution has presented Vellums to thirteen Stations which have been in existence for a century and over. Reports of seven of these...
Category: Articles
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
THE MEDAL R0YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, " L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National...
Category: Medals
A Clear Day and a Pleasant Setting Made a Coffee Morning Run By Mr and Mrs Wilkes In Their Caravan-Type Home at Acaster Malbis York a Tremendous Event Despite
A clear day and a pleasant setting made a coffee morning run by Mr and Mrs Wilkes in their caravan-type home at Acaster Malbis, York, a tremendous event.
Despite the limited space available Mr and Mrs Wilkes were able to... - View image in PDF
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Meetings of Committee
Thursday, Feb. 3,1853. Capt. STEPHENSON ELLERBT in the Chair.
Confirmed minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees.
The Rev. SHAFTO ORDE reported that...
Category: Committee