LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Quest and Dennis
AUGUST 11TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At about 9.30 in the morning a message was sent to the coxswain that the weather was very bad and that several fishing cobles were out. He went to the station and found that most of the fishing boats...
Kinnaird Head and Araby
DECEMBER 27TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 3 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a ship was sinking near the boom defence, and at 3.25 P.M. the motor life-boat Greater London (Civil Service No. 3) was launched. A light...
The North Coast of Cornwall As a Suitable Position for a Steam Life-Boat
ON the 8th April this year the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION decided to build and station a Steam Life-boat at Padstow, and it is of considerable inte- rest to pass in review the reasons which led the governing body to adopt such a...
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Close inspection
Keeping a fleet of 330 lifeboats and their associated kit in tip-top condition is no mean feat
With the safety of the lifeboat and the shore crews always paramount, the RNLI has rightly had a...
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Lifeboat Services November and December 1985 January and February 1986
November and December, 1985, January and February, 1986 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: December 25 Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class inflatable: November 6 and December 13 Alderney, Channel Islands 33ft Bride: January 17 and 30 (twice) Amble,...
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Bookshelf
The History of the Blyth and Cambois Lifeboats The History of the Eyemouth Lifeboats by Jeff Morris Published by the author - prices in text Jeff Morris, the Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society continues his self-imposed...
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Playing Pool at Fleetwood
It looks like baby spew...', explained instructor Dave Eccles.
He was of course talking about the fluid which can occur in the lungs of a casualty when a lot of sea water is ingested. I was soon learn that this...
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Air Cases for Fishing-Cobles
SOME time since a system of securing the buoyancy of fishing-cobles by means of air cases, so fitted as not to impede the fishermen when following their calling, yet, at the same time, to render the cobles unsinkable, was introduced by the...
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