LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 3.45 p.m. on 8th October, 1965, the States maintenance engineer notified the deputy harbourmaster that the States of Guernsey launch St. Anne had found it impossible to take three maintenance men off the Platte...
Search and Rescue at Sea
ALONG the top of the first page of the official instructions to H.M. Coast- guard the following words are written : " The swift emergencies of the sea call for prompt response ".
It is just that which has led to...
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Lyreen
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 3.38 on the morning of the 25th of May, 1960, the signalman at St. Peter Port harbour told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen about four miles south of the harbour. At 4.3 the life-boat...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Hubert Ernest Petit, who has been coxswain of the St. Peter Port, Guernsey, life- boat since 1948. The photograph, which was taken by Mr. Carel Toms, shows the coxswain at the wheel dur- ing the voyage of...
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Nor Nor
St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.—During a strong W.S.W. gale, with a heavy sea, on the afternoon of the 9th January, the coastguard reported that the motor launch Nor Nor, belonging to St.
Mary's, was about two hundred...
(Below) Port St.Mary's 54Ft Arun the Gough Ritchie and Port Erin's 37Ft 6In Rather Osman Gabriel Together With Port St.Mary's D- Class Ilb and Boarding Boat Man Ship Ready to Cheer King Olaf
(Below) Port St Mary's 54ft Arun The Gough Ritchie and Port Erin's 37ft 6in Rather Osman Gabriel, together with Port St Mary's D- class ILB and boarding boat, man ship ready to cheer King Olaf.
photograph by... - View image in PDF
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Rainbow Flowers
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Lt Cdr Brian Miles the Rnli's Director
Cdr Brian Miles, the RNLI's director, is pictured collecting a cheque for £19,443, the result of a competition sponsored by Frizzell Insurance and Financial Services and which appeared in several editions of the Civil Service... - View image in PDF
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The Appledore Station. Recollections of Sir William Reardon Smith, Bt
Recollections of Sir William Reardon Smith, Bt.Recollections of Sir William Reardon Smith, Bt.
IN the last number of The Lifeboat a history was published of the Appledore Station, which was established in 1825, of its...
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SICKNESS ON SARK At 3.40 p.m. on i4th January, 1964, the St. John Ambulance Commissioner informed the honorary secretary that a sick man on Sark needed hospital treatment.
There were light easterly airs with a slight sea,...