LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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PEER KILLED WHEN HELICOPTER CRASHES St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 4.12 on the afternoon of the 16th November, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a report had been received from R.N.A.S. Brawdy that a Whirlwind...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Appeal
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION.
Incorporated by Royal Charter. Supported Solely by Voluntary Contributions.
patron—His Most Gracious Majesty the fling.
President—H.R.H. THE...
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JUNE MEETING PORTREATH, CORNWALL. At 9.10 in the morning of the 7th January, 1942, a coastguard saw a rubber dinghy in the sea one and a half miles N.W. of Portreath look-out.
A light northerly wind was blowing, with a...
Category: Services
Henry Browne & Son Ltd
The new experimental Hatch-boat built by Wm. Osborne Ltd., of Littlehampton for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution who specify Sestrel compasses.
COMPASSES Write for illustrated catalogue of compasses, post free on...
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The Sailing Boat Seagull
Lowestoft, and Kessingland, Suffolk.— On the afternoon of 16th September, 1938, the coastguard reported that he had seen the sailing boat Sea-gull, of Lowestoft, capsize about three miles south of the harbour entrance. A fresh south breeze...
H.M. Trawler Kingston Cairngorm
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT BEMBRIDGE JANUARY 29TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT During the afternoon an easterly blizzard was raging at Bembridge in the Isle of Wight.
The wind had been blowing hard for several days and a very...
From Golf Clubs.
In 1941 seventy-oae golf clubs held competitions for the Life-boat Service and tkesf competitions contributed over £282..
Category: Articles
at the end of the day
It was 5.20pm and an hour from high tide so the beach was almost covered and waves were breaking into the coves beneath the cliffs. For some time now, the lifeguards had been keeping an eye on a large group of surfers. When Ollie’s attuned...
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Coxswain William Johnston, of Stromness
Coxswain William Johnston, of Stromness, in the Orkneys, died on 3rd February last, at the age of sixty-five.
He had retired only five months before on account of ill health. Appointed Coxswain in 1915, he...
Category: Obituaries