LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
John Chapman: Honorary Secretary of the Civil Service and Post Office Lifeboat Fund
'A one-eyed, cantankerous and troublesome fellow'1: thus, leaning back in his chair, pipe in hand and smiling happily, does John Chapman describe himself.
But the smile belies the words, for it is the smile of a man...
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Rear Admiral Desmond Hoare Has Been Accorded the Institution's Sincere Thanks On
Rear Admiral Desmond Hoare has been accorded the Institution's sincere thanks on vellum for the experimental design work he did for rigid inflatable lifeboats while Provost of the United College of the Atlantic, as well as for his work... - View image in PDF
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To Come Last In a Race and Still Earn £45724 for the Lifeboats
To come last in a race and still earn £457.24 for the lifeboats cannot be bad. This entrv in a charitv pram race held between 17 Hampsiead pub teams was dressed up to look (something) like a Waveney class lifeboat and although it came... - View image in PDF
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A 100-Foot Length of Avon Inflatable Tendering Bent and Anchored Across the Mouth of Little Venice, London, to Contain the Oil Slick.
A 100-foot length of Avon inflatable tendering bent and anchored across the mouth of Little Venice, London, to contain the oil slick.. - View image in PDF
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On Behalf of the Rnli Stephen Mearns Coxswain of Courtmacsherry Harbour Lifeboat Received the Sbbnf Golden Anchor Award from Denis Thatcher Photograph By Courtesy of Picture Power
On behalf of the RNLI, Stephen Mearns, coxswain of Courtmacsherry Harbour lifeboat, received the SBBNF Golden Anchor Award from Denis Thatcher. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Picture Power. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Moving Model of a French Lifeboat Station Made By Alain and Philippe Nacass the Plastic Lifeboat on the Slipway Is a British 37' Oakley
Moving model of a French lifeboat station made by Alain and Philippe Nacass. The plastic lifeboat on the slipway is a British 37' Oakley.. - View image in PDF
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The High Superstructure of An Arun Class Lifeboat May Make Her Look 'Top Heavy' to Some Eyes But Is the Key to Her Ultimate Stability and Safety
The high superstructure of an Arun class lifeboat may make her look 'top heavy' to some eyes, but is the key to her ultimate stability and safety.. - View image in PDF
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(Below) Slipway: New Galvanised Steel Panels Were Bolted to the Transoms to the Tops of Which Up to a Metre of Concrete Had Been Added
(Below) Slipway: new galvanised steel panels were bolted to the transoms, to the tops of which up to a metre of concrete had been added.. - View image in PDF
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Wells' Mersey Class Lifeboat Don's M. Mann of Ampthill Stands Off Outside the Surf Line Waiting to Connect a Tow With the Yacht Aubie.
Wells' Mersey class lifeboat Don's M. Mann of Ampthill stands off outside the surf line waiting to connect a tow with the yacht Aubie.. - View image in PDF
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Crowds Thronged the Harbourside at Dingle to Watch Valentia's Arun Put on a Winching Exercise As Part of a Display Organised By the Irish Marine Emergency Ser
Crowds thronged the harbourside at Dingle to watch Valentia's Arun put on a winching exercise as part of a display organised by the Irish Marine Emergency Service.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs