LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Lions Club of St.Ives Successfully Completed Its Most Ambitions Project Yet When During 1977 It Raised the Money to Pay for a New D Class Ilb at a Service of De
The Lions Club of St Ives successfully completed its most ambitions project yet when, during 1977. it raised the money to pay for a new D Class ILB. At a service of dedication on Easter Saturday led by The Reverend Di.uglas Freeman. ... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Number: a Tug and a Grimsby Fishing Vessel Were In Collision Near Bull Light on the Morning of April 1 Being Informed That There Were People In the Sea Number Lifeboat T
Number: A tug and a Grimsby fishing vessel were in collision near Bull Light on the morning of April 1.
Being informed that there were people in the sea, Number lifeboat, the 46' 9" Watson City of Bradford III,... - View image in PDF
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Under the Bridges of Dublin Sailed Three Students from Trinity College Last Year Keith Lee Paddy Benson and Ciaran Mcguckian
Under the bridges of Dublin sailed three students from Trinity College last year. Keith Lee, Paddy Benson and Ciaran McGuckian braved a temperature of only 2 degrees centigrade, a 25 knot wind and flour and egg bombing from fellow students... - View image in PDF
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May (1)
GOUROCK, RENFREWSHIRE. Just before midnight on the 4th of September, 1942, the naval tug Romsey, with a crew of 20, dragged her anchor off Gourock pier, and the outwardbound steamer Lairdsburn ran her down.
She sank in a...
Category: Services
Pictured Here Is the First Rescue Boat With a Fibre-Glass Hull to Be Tested Under Operational Conditions
Pictured here is the first rescue boat with a fibre-glass hull to be tested under operational conditions by the R.N.L.I. It is a 17-foot dory built by Dell Quay Productions Ltd., at Itchenor, Sussex. (See pages 464 and 482.). - View image in PDF
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The New Experimental Irb Stationed at Lyme Regis Which Is Referred to on Page 52 Was Built at Atlantic College In South Wales the Boat Has a Five-Compartment 20-Inch
The new experimental IRB stationed at Lyme Regis, which is referred to on page 52, was built at Atlantic College in South Wales. The boat has a five-compartment 20-inch diameter special tube made by Messrs. Dunlop and is fabric strip glued... - View image in PDF
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A 24-Hour Darts Marathon Was Staged Last March By the Darts Team of the Royal William Camber In Aid of Rye Harbour Ilb and Dungeness Lifeboat Stations Althoug
A 24-hour darts marathon was staged last March by the darts team of the Royal William, Camber, in aid of Rye Harbour ILB and Dungeness lifeboat stations. Although only 200 people live in Camber there was no shortage of helpers and in the 24... - View image in PDF
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The Right Hon A. V. Alexander, C.H., M.P., Minister of Defence, and Coxswain William Peters, of St. Ives, Etc
The Right Hon A V Alexander CH MP Minister of Defence and Coxswain William Peters of St Ives Who Won The Silver Medal For Rescuing The Crew. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Focus on . . . Ilfracombe
When the maroons are fired at Ilfracombe, on the North Devon Coast, everyone has a good chance of seeing the new life-boat, Lloyd's II, which is kept in the life-boat house below Lantern Hill, going on its carriage through the heart of...
Category: Articles
Southampton Boat Show September 13 to 18 Got Away to a Good Start on the First Day With the Presentation By Shaw Taylor to Sir Alec Rose of Three Cheques: £500 From
Southampton Boat Show, September 13 to 18, got away to a good start on the first day with the presentation by Shaw Taylor to Sir Alec Rose of three cheques: £500 from Cobramold Ltd, to mark the building of the 2,000th Leisure class... - View image in PDF
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