LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
North Again...
In this issue he reaches the most westerly station in England and shapes a course back up the coast to the north..Since dropping anchor in Fowey and rushing back for the ILF conference and the 175th celebrations in Poole so much has happened...
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People and Places
Around and about the RNLI Jam on the Bread! Two stars from the popular BBC TV series 'Bread' drew the winning tickets for the RNLI's 50th national lottery, which took place on 31 July 1990.
Nellie Boswell and...
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For the Service to Juniper on February
For the service to Juniper on February 19, 1967, the silver medal was awarded to John Robert Nicolson, coxswain of Aith lifeboat from 1965 to 1971. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Dennis Coutts. - View image in PDF
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The Life-boat Charles Dibdin was launched at 11.10 P.M. on 18th October in response to a message stating that a vessel was on fire near the fairway buoy. Owing to the fog prevailing some time was lost before the Life-boat could find the...
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and figures Provisional statistics as at 12 February 1990, show that during 1989: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 4,422 times (an average of more than 12 launches a day) More than 1,478 lives were saved (an average of 4 people...
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
COVERACK, CORNWALL.—THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a Life-boat Station at Coverack, where there is an active body of fisher- men, with a view to rendering assist- ance in case of wrecks on the Manacle Rocks, not far from...
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Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated fry Royal Charter.) FOUNDED IH 1824 —SUPPORTED SOLELY BX VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
PATRON.
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE...
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The Presentation Which Stopped the Show! Eric Was There on Behalf of the House of Seagram to Present a Cheque for £10,000 to Commander F. R. H. Swann, Cbe R
The presentation which stopped the show!Eric was there on behalf of the House of Seagram to present a cheque for £10,000 to Commander F. R. H.
Swann, CBE RNVR, chairman of the Committee of Management, but he added his... - View image in PDF
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And Another: Spidot a Self-Powered Unit Which Is An Integral Part of the Trolley the Engine Is High Above the Water Note the Anchor Which Is Dropped on Shoreline Fo
And another: SPIDOT a self-powered unit which is an integral part of the trolley. The engine is high above the water. Note the anchor which is dropped on shoreline for emergency recovery of the unit. Note, too, the guiding lights on the... - View image in PDF
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The Motor Fishing Vessels Seeker, Silver Stream and New Venture
Skipper plucked to safety through wheelhouse window in 30ft seas and Force 9 galeCoxswain Alan Thomas of the Tenby lifeboat has been awarded the RNLI's silver medal for bravery following the rescue of three men from two fishing vessels...