LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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WHEN OTHERS SEEK SHELTER The first Trent Class lifeboat 'RNLB The Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma' by Christopher Southcombe The original painting, which now hangs at Broadlands, was presented by the artist to the Countess...
Category: Advertisement
The Fishing Research Motor Vessel William Herdman
Port Erin, and Port St. Mary, Isle of Man.
—About 4.30 in the afternoon, on the 6th of September, 1950, the Ramsey coastguard telephoned the Port Erin life-boat station that the fishing re- search motor vessel William...
A Kayak
LIFE-BOATMEN'S SONS DROWNED Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 10.20 p.m.
on Wednesday the 10th of July, 1963, the coxswain was told thattwo boys had been reported missing in akayak. He informed the honorary secretary and it...
Good Old-Fashioned Fundraising!
Members of the Ramsgate Ladies' Guild are shown manning a souvenir stall at a Victorian Fete in Ramsgate, which resulted in £407.80 being raised tor lifeboat funds.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cutting the Cake - (Above) Frances Aldridge,
Cutting the cake - (above) Frances Aldridge, Anniversary Project Manager, cuts the 175 cake at lifeboat headquarters in Pools to huge applause as staff celebrate with nibbles and a glass of champagne!. - View image in PDF
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Pump action
A trawler with a lone fisherman onboard got her nets caught in her propeller on 2 June off Cliffe Marshes. She then sustained damage and began to take on water as her skipper tried to clear the obstruction. Gravesend’s E class lifeboat Olive...
Category: Articles
The Prototype 14M Fast Afloat Boat (Fab 4) Is at Present Being Fitted Out at William Osborne's Yard In Littlehampton See Page 90 for Details of the 17M Fab 3 No
The prototype 14m Fast Afloat Boat (FAB 4) is at present being fitted out at William Osborne's yard in Littlehampton. See page 90 for details of the 17m FAB 3, now afloat for trials.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Golden Anniversary
In November Southend lifeboat station celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first Christmas crew dinner. The event attracted some 500 guests to the Cliff Pavilion, Southend and raised £6.130 for lifeboat funds.
Cllr... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs