LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Indian-Registered Freighter Vishva Parag
You can't park that 'ere...
The Tyne class lifeboat Ethel Anne Measures stationed at The Mumbles was at sea for five hours on 28 January 1994 when she stood by the 560ft Indian-registered freighter Vishva Parag...
In This Issue
Feature: The RNLI thanks you 2 The RNLI stepped into 2003 with renewed fundraising vigour. We bring you up to date on our progress Feature: We ask the questions 6 The Lifeboat finds out how the RNLI's heritage will be protected for...
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Contents
COntents news including 6 top RNLi AWARds Chetham’s School of Music and Walls’ ice cream stand proudly alongside three gallant lifesavers 7 BUsiest yeAR yet Record rescues and record income in 2006 9 LifeBoAt oN sHoW foR 100 yeARs The...
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April (1)
APRIL MEETING NORTH RONALDSHAY, ORKNEYS. On 3rd March, 1940, the Swedish vessel Lagaholm was attacked by German aeroplanes, and one of her boats, with thirteen of her crew, was seen off North Ronaldshay. A fresh westerly wind was blowing,...
Category: Services
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APRIL 2ND. - AITH, SHETLANDS. At 4.30 P.M. the naval officer in charge, Shetlands, asked if the life-boat could take a military guard to Foula, and bring back some airmen whose Whitley bomber aeroplane had crashed on the island. A moderate N...
Queen of The Isle
On the morning of the 15th Nov. the lugger, Queen of the hies, anchored in Castletown Bay, the wind blowing a heavy gale from the eastward at the time. Her foresail and mizen having been blown away, and it being known at Castletown that her...
Fendyke
Knockdown A COASTER, Fendyke, in trouble off Carnoustie a few miles north of the entrance to the River Tay was reported to the honorary secretary (operations)of Broughty Ferry lifeboat station, who is also the harbour master, by HM...
A Trip In a Swedish Rescue-Cruiser
(Member of the crew of the Beaumaris life-boat) IT was seven o'clock in the morning and raining slightly as I walked through the deserted streets of Gote- borg down to the docks where I was to board the Swedish rescue-cruiser Wilh: R....
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Income and Expenditure for 1934
Expenditure.
£ s. d.
s. d.
32,778 19 11 100 12 5 13,513 11 9 406 1 6 10,707 17 3,321 13 459 17 245 10 61,534 3 8 New Life-boats for the following stations :—On...
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Income and Expenditure for 1929
Life-boats:- EXPENDITURE. £ ,. d. £ „. a.
New Life-boats for the following stations :—On account —Angle, Ballycotton, Berwick-on-Tweed, Campbel- town, Clacton, Courtmacsherry, Cromarty, Dover,...
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