LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Last Autumn Jeff Needham (R) a Member of the Fund Raising Committee Presented a Plaque to Ron Ride a Member of the River Thames Branch and Also of Shor
Last autumn Jeff Needham (r.), a member of the Fund Raising Committee, presented a plaque to Ron Ride, a member of the River Thames branch and also of Shoreline, who has raised more than £1,400 on his premises in three... - View image in PDF
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The Life-Boat
The following figures show the general form,, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat...
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Severe Gale: Faithful Forester Dover's 44' Waveney Lifeboat on Exercise Last September In Winds of Force 9
Severe gale: Faithful Forester, Dover's 44' Waveney lifeboat, on exercise last September in winds of Force 9.. - View image in PDF
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Dramatic Pictures
Really good photographs of life-boats at sea in rough weather are almost impossible to come by. Photographs of actual rescue operations are almost as rare. This is an understandable state of affairs, for the life-boat is, by the nature of...
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The Salvors of Property on the English Coasts
« Oh! wad some Power the glftle gie us To see oursels as others see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us." Burns.
THERE is no community, and perhaps no single individual, who may not derive advantage from the...
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The S.S. Orchis
30th November.
The s.s. Orchis, carrying a crew of nine, put out from Par with a cargo of china clay for Dundee and Aberdeen. She sprang a leak and began to founder, and her crew took to the ship's...
Lytham and Rhyl Life-Boats
The recent sad accidents at Lytham and at Rhyl, by the upsetting of the life-boats stationed at these two places, are so calculated to destroy confidence in all life-boat: among those unacquainted with the exact circumstances of the case,...
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Sena Sioria and Whisky Mac
Six survivors snatched from yacht in Force 9 gale and heavy seas A service to a 50ft yacht by St Peter Port's Arun class lifeboat Sir William Arnold in atrocious weather conditions resulted in media headlines throughout the country - and...
(Below) the Race Horse Shore Line; Her Name Has No Connection With the Rnli But Her Owners Are Lifeboat Supporters
(Below) The race horse Shore Line; her name has no connection with the RNLI but her owners are lifeboat supporters.. - View image in PDF
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ISLE of WIGHT TOUR
When Mr. William Rodgers, Minister of State, Board of Trade, who has special responsibility for marine safety, visited the Isle of Wight on llth November, 1968, he went aboard the Yarmouth life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe for a...
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