LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
In May a Delegation from the RNLI Visited Malmo Sweden for An International Conference of Voluntary Life-Boat Organisations Organised By the Swedish Life-Boat Services
In May a delegation from the R.N.L.I, visited Malmo, Sweden, for an International Conference of voluntary life-boat organisations organised by the Swedish Life-boat Service. During her voyage from Dover to the conference, the 52-foot Arun... - View image in PDF
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At a Coffee Evening Held to Mark the Retirement of Erdington
At a coffee evening held to mark the retirement of Erdington, Birmingham, branch honorary treasurer Mr H. Higton, seen here (I.) shaking hands with chairman Reginald Wood, £60 was raised; this brought the branch's takings to a very... - View image in PDF
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Present from Denmark: the Holbek Tambourkorps Band of Flutes and Drums from Denmark
Present from Denmark: The Holbek Tambourkorps Band of Flutes and Drums from Denmark paid a visit to the Anstruther lifeboat station during a tour of Fife. Before leaving they played a selection of well known airs and after taking a... - View image in PDF
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(Below) Miss Sylvia Clarke Names the Relief Fleet D Class Lifeboat Sea Ranger
(below) Miss Sylvia Clarke names the relief fleet D class lifeboat Sea Ranger under the watchful eye of Anthony Oliver, the RNLI's deputy head of fundraising and marketing.. - View image in PDF
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Wells-Next-The-Sea 's Harbour Almost Dries Out at Low Water.
Wells-next-the-Sea 's harbour almost dries out at low water. The network of channels leading to the quay can clearly be seen in this aerial view. - View image in PDF
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Wells-Next-The-Sea: 0415 Launch the 37' Oakley Reserve Lifeboat Calouste Gulbenkian on Temporary Duty at Wells Was Called Out In the Morning of July 10 After a 9
Wells-next-the-Sea: 0415 launch. The 37' Oakley reserve lifeboat, Calouste Gulbenkian, on temporary duty at Wells, was called out in the morning of July 10 after a 999 report of a missing swimmer. Together with Wells ILB and a helicopter... - View image in PDF
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Righting Trials of the First 37' Oakley Lifeboat to Be Fitted With Radar
ANOTHER MILESTONE on the path of lifeboat development was passed in May this year when Frank Pen/old Marshall, the 37' Oakley stationed at St Ives, the first of her class to be fitted with radar, successfully passed righting trials and...
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The St. Ives Motor Life-Boat at Sea
Leaving Newlyn Harbour on her passage from Cowes to her station.. - View image in PDF
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The Steam Life-Boats for Grimsby and Padstow: A New Departure
IT is just a year (vide Life-boat Journal, February, 1898) since a description was given in these pages of the steam Life- boat Queen, which was sent to her station at New Brighton in October, 1897. After the launch of that boat and before...
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