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...
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Cav Ltd
Chosen for reliability QUEEN'S AWARD TO INDUSTRY 1966 1967 The 70 ft boats for the RNLI are each fitted with two 7-inch alternators and control equipment screened and suppressed to comply with BS 1597/1963.
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Sweet William's Personal Appearance (Above) With John Noakes on the Bbc's 'Blue Peter' Programme Thursday May 25
Sweet William's personal appearance (above) with John Noakes on the BBC's 'Blue Peter' programme, Thursday May 25.. - View image in PDF
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Boat Shows: London and Birmingham
London: Modern lifeboats formed the theme of the RNLI displays at the London International Boat Show at Earls Court from January 6 to 16. Although in a quiet area, our stand was, as always, the meeting place for many lifeboat friends old and...
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Ramore Head and Portrush from the Air
Ramore Head and Portrush from the air. The old lifeboathouse can be clearly seen on the east side of the harbour. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of BKS, Coleraine. - View image in PDF
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Teymar (2)
Eleven lifeboats in biggest ever Cardigan Bay searchCrew from nine lifeboat stations were united in a search for a missing power boat at Cardigan Bay. The Coastguard coordinated an extensive search involving 11 lifeboats, a rescue helicopter...
The Prevention of Wrecks and Saving Life from Shipwreck
WE have on different occasions in this Journal remarked on'what we conceived to be the imperfection, when taken as a whole, of the present system for rescuing shipwrecked persons from drowning; that whilst, in some localities, most...
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Fig 1 (Above):
Fig 1 (above): Crew Member John Ashford demonstrates his modified floating basket .stretcher. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Nigel Coulton. - View image in PDF
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Gifts from Crews
THE Institution has received the follow- ing gifts from its Crews.
On 29th July, 1925, the Clacton-on- Sea Motor Life-boat saved the schooner Walkyrie, of Lannion, which had stranded on the N.E. Long Sands when bound from...
Category: Donations