LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Past and Present
40 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT, April 1949 issue As the last of the sailing life-boats was replaced by a motor life-boat on the 12th oJDecember, 1948, the term motor life-boat will no longer be used. "Life-boat" will...
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IN GOOD HANDS
When an experienced boater fell into the River Dart after an evening cruise with his wife and young son, it quickly dawned on him he was in grave danger
For Simon Burton, a leisurely family cruise on 24 June turned into a...
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Maldon and District Branch Made a Collection Down the River Blackwater on Its Flag Day Last July D H Purnews Gaff Cutter Tamarisk Backed Up By Maldon Little Ship Club
Maldon and District branch made a collection down the River Blackwater on its flag day last July. D. H.PurneWs gaff cutter Tamarisk, backed up by Maldon Little Ship Club guard boat, motored down as far as St Lawrence Bay approaching all... - View image in PDF
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Life-Boat Exhibition at Watford
A LIFE-BOAT exhibition was held at Watford, Herts, from 2nd October to 9th October as the principal part of a life-boat week, organized by the new honorary secretary of the branch, Mr.
H. Mellon, M.R.T.S. The exhibition was...
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Fig 5 (Below):
Fig 5 (below): The twin rudders are of fabricated mild steel, with steel stocks sprayed with stainless steel in way of the bearing surfaces.. - View image in PDF
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Fig 3 (Right):
Fig. 3 (right): Axe, propeller freeing tool (shaft only visible) and vital keys all have their custom-built stowages below decks.. - View image in PDF
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Robert Henry 'Bob' Bucket!
January 1999 Robert Henry 'Bob' Bucket! Vice President of the Back of the Wight branch. Bob was a founder member of the branch in 1972, serving as its first chairman until he became Vice President in 1984, a position he held up until... - View image in PDF
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Duplex Craft
Duplex Craft has produced two versions of a 12th scale plastic kit for an Atlantic 21 lifeboat model based on the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Atlantic: one version is for a static model (price £24.95), the other for a working,... - View image in PDF
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The Late Coxswain Captain John Hogg Tynemouth Silver Medal
The Late Coxswain Captain John Hogg Tynemouth Silver Medal. - View image in PDF
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LIFE-SAVING COMPANY RESCUES TWO FROM CLIFFS Padstow, Cornwall. At six o'clock on the evening of the 17th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man and a woman were cut off by the tide at the foot of high...