LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rafts
Plymouth, Devon. — 2nd August.
Two men on rafts were being blown out to sea, but a change of wind brought them ashore at Bigbury.—Rewards, £5 145..
Contents
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 53 Number 523 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Assistant Editor: GILL MACE Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Advertisement...
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Fishing Boats
Gourdon, Kincardineshire.—Early in the morning of the 23rd November, 1938, the Gourdon fishing fleet put out to sea in fair conditions of weather.
At 7.45 a strong E.S.E. breeze sprang up, increasing later to gale force and...
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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A Sailing Yacht and a Rowing Boat
SAVED YACHTSMAN ADDRESSES CROWD OF ONLOOKERS Falmouth, Cornwall. At two o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday the 18th of August, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing yacht had capsized and sunk off...
33Ft Brede Class
A 33FT BREDE class lifeboat, 33-02, is now at Oban undergoing station evaluation trials.
The Brede is a new type of lifeboat based on a commercial GRP hull. As a result of initial development work her wheelhouse has been...
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A German Messerschmitt Pilot His Head Bandaged Because of An Injury Being Landed By the Dungeness Lifeboat on October 7 1940
A German Messerschmitt pilot, his head bandaged because of an injury, being landed by the Dungeness lifeboat on October 7, 1940.. - View image in PDF
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Coxswain Bob Corran (I Above) Aboard His Fishing Vessel Manx Maid With Bernie Sayle Mechanic and Harry Martland Station Administrative Officer Photograph By Co
Coxswain Bob Corran (I. above) aboard his fishing vessel Manx Maid, with Bernie Sayle, Mechanic, and Harry Martland, station Administrative officer. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of W. S. Basnett. - View image in PDF
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Capt. F. Rolli Pointing Out to a B.B.C. Commentator the Rock Which His Ship, the S.S. Isabo, Struck on 27th October, 1927, at the Isles of Scilly
Capt. F. Rolli pointing out to a B.B.C. commentator the rock which his ship, the s.s. Isabo, struck on 27th October, 1927, at the Isles of Scilly. Miraculously, however, 32 of the crew of 38 were picked up despite high seas and fog.View image in PDF
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Coxswain/Mechanic Ralston of Mallaig Receives His Bronze Medal for the Service to the Fishing Vessel Galilean from Countess Mountbatten of Burma at the 1989 Presentat
Coxswain/Mechanic Ralston of Mallaig receives his Bronze medal for the service to the fishing vessel Galilean from Countess Mountbatten of Burma at the 1989 presentation of awards ceremony.. - View image in PDF
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