LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lady Launcher Passes Away
Lady launcher passes away It is with sadness that the Lifeboat reports the passing away of Dungeness ‘lady launcher’ Doris Tart (pictured above, front) on 30 April at Ashford’s William Harvey Hospital, aged 85.
Doris lived...
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The S.S. Trojan III
OCTOBER 14TH. - ST. DAVID‘S, PEMBROKESHIRE,.
At 12.10 in the morning the naval base telephoned that a vessel was drifting in the direction of Skomer Island.
A west-north-west gale was blowing, with a rough...
Whitstable
WHITSTABLE, Sunday January 19, 1986: a 24ft fishing boat, Duke Senior, with a party of anglers on board ran aground outside the harbour in a strong westerly force 9 gale. She was later re-floated by the rising tide and at 1417 she was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Book Reviews
• Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI, was a man of considerable vision who always pursued his ideas relentlessly, though some of his schemes were not realised until after his death. He_ proposed the formation of an international...
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Classified
Classified Health Optical Accessories Monk Optics Binocular Specialists Two Eyes Arc Better Than One This unique 90mm or 110mm scope with twin eyepieces is a major breakthrough in high powered observation. It is now possible to observe...
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Bookshelf
Lifeboat station histories Wick Lifeboat by Ian Cassells published by Cluny Publishers at £3.50 Subtitled '150 Years of Tireless Service' this A5-size softback is a full and informative history of the saving of life at sea in...
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On a Visit to Beaumaris, North Wales, Eroll Bruce Took the Tiller of the Local Irb.
On a visit to Beaumaris, North Wales, Eroll Bruce took the tiller of the local IRB.. - View image in PDF
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Republik
HOLY ISLAND.—At 2 P.M. on the 16th of March a large three-masted schooner was seen, during a cessation of blinding snow storms, lying in for the land, and nearing a dangerous reef of rocks near the harbour bar, named the Parten...
The Author Richard Mann In the Museum at Rnli Hq West Quay Road Poole As the Institution's Display Manager It Is Part of His Work to Care for the Institution's Museums and to Support The
The author, Richard Mann, in the museum at RNL1 HQ, West Quay Road. Poole. As the Institution's display manager it is part of his work to care for the Institution's museums and to support the volunteer curators who run... - View image in PDF
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Other IRB Launches
In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded on pages 441, 448, 456, the following launches on service were made during the months March] to May, 1968, inclusive.
Aberdovey,...
Category: Services