LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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 is...
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Marathon man
Out with the antiseptic and sticking plasters. GP and RNLI Medical Adviser Dr JJ Green talks about how he caught the marathon bug …
‘It’s a disease,’ Dr JJ Green quips as he prepares for the 2010 Virgin London Marathon....
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Life-Boat Christmas Card and Calendar
THE Institution will again have a Christmas card and a pocket calen- dar.
The card will be a reproduction in colour of the picture below. It is a photograph of the Coverack (Cornwall) life-boat being launched on service and...
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Living with the RNLI
On the role:
L: ‘I’m immensely proud of Gary’s role with the RNLI and am behind him 110%. I believe the commitment has to be from the families as well or it’s not possible to do it.’ G: ‘I’ve now been on the crew for 17...
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In May 1969 the Daily Mirror Handed Over a Cheque for £10,192 to the RNLI In Tribute to the Eight Men Who Lost Their Lives When the Longhope Orkney Life-Boat Capsized
In May, 1969, the Daily Mirror handed over a cheque for £10,192 to the R.N.L.I, in tribute to the eight men who lost their lives when the Longhope, Orkney, life-boat capsized. Most of the money came from readers. Mr. Hugh Cudlipp (left)... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Lifebelt Cheque for £200 Was Paid Into Banbury and District Branch's Bank Account the Money Being the Profit from a Round Table Dinner at Brackley at Which Raym
A lifebelt cheque for £200 was paid into Banbury and District branch's bank account, the money being the profit from a Round Table dinner at Brackley at which Raymond Baxter, a member of the RNLI's Public Relations Committee was... - View image in PDF
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Verseau
French crew saved AT ABOUT 1755 on Thursday, March 31, the Coastguard mobile from Beer arrived at Lyme Regis ILB house and the Coastguard informed Crew Member Christopher Greenhill that he was concerned about a small yacht which he had...
Services by Life-boats
During the year life-boats were launched 1,081 times. Of these launches 640 were to vessels and aeroplanes in distress through attack by the enemy or from other causes due to the war.
The Record Month by Month 1940 January...
Category: Services
Aldborough
The life-boat formerly placed at Sizewell- Gap, on the east coast of Suffolk, has been for the present transferred to Aldborough, five miles farther south, as a more serviceable spot, and where it can be...
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C.W.C. Equipment Ltd
Now also available with centre hole fixing DRIP-PROOF SWITCHES 28 Volts — 20 Amp Designed for AIRCRAFT Ideal for WATERCRAFT Also:- Terminal Blocks, Fuse Blocks, Plugs & Sockets, Indicators, Lamps, etc.
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