LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Emmy
FEBRUARY 5TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
At 9.30 P . M . a message was received from the coastguard that a Greek steamer had stranded in a position thought to be south of Bardsey Island. Half an hour later a second...
Book Corner
• E. C. B. Lee, O.B.E., c.Eng., F.R.I.N.A., and Kenneth Lee, M.B.B.S., L.R.C.P., M.R.G.S., D.I.H., are to be congratulated on their book Safety and Survival at Sea, (Cassell & Co., price £2.50). A vast amount of time has been taken...
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Daniel Norman
Daniel Norman was accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum for the rescue of a girl swept into the sea off Watchet on September 12, 1981; the service was reported in the spring 1982 issue of THE LIFEBOAT. After the... - View image in PDF
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David Steenvoorden
Helmsman Cleethorpes D class lifeboat Bronze medal 30 July 1989 In confused seas of up to 10ft and winds which touched Storm Force 10 Helmsman Steenvoorden searched for and rescued five canoeists. Driving rain reduced visibility almost to... - View image in PDF
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Contents
/~ — y. j. f Y "f c* Notes of the Quarter, by Patrick Howarth 39 North Cornwall . . . visit of The Duke of Kent, president of the Institution, to five stations in North Cornwall 41 VolUme XLVI Lifeboat Services 42 Number 465...
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Rescue relay
When the crew of a stricken cargo boat found themselves being pushed towards Cape Wrath, two lifeboat crews were called into the gale for a 13-hour rescue relay
It was around 8pm on 7 December...
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Pilot Me
FISHING COBLE AT SEA At 11.15 a-m- on 3otn October, 1963, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the local fishing coble Pilot Me was at sea in very bad weather, and the coxswain thought that she would have difficulty in returning...
How Can I Help the Institution? A Note for Keen Honorary Secretaries and Workers
II* PLACE AUX DAMES As I pointed out in my first article, no Branch will be really effective—though it may, perchance, be technically effi- cient as a Station—nor will it exercise the far-reaching influence which should belong to it unless...
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H.R.H. The Prince George, K.G., at Shoreham Harbour
Inaugural Ceremony of the New Motor Life-boat.
H.R.H. THE PRINCE GEORGE, K.G., G.C.V.O., R.N., named the new motor life-boat at Shoreham Harbour, Sussex, on 15th March last. This is the eighth motor life-boat which he has...
Category: Inaugurations
Part of the Dramatic Display Arranged By Noel E. Gleeson Ltd., In Their Car Showrooms In Dublin, In January 1966
Part of the dramatic display arranged by Noel E. Gleeson Ltd., in their car showrooms in Dublin, in January 1966. Emphasis was on the sale of souvenirs and in thefirst four days sales amounted to nearly £15. The display was to last for... - View image in PDF
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