LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
December
Launches 54 Lives rescued 76
DECEMBER 4TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At five in the morning the local motor fishing vessels Pilot Me and Gem put to sea in bad weather. During the morning the weather worsened...
Category: Services
Lucy B., of Rye
Selsey and Bognor (Sussex).
On 2nd November, 1930, at 10.30 in the morning, the Selsey and Bognor Motor Life-boat was launched, as news had been received that a vessel was in difficulties to the west of Selsey Bill. A W.S.W...
Acorn Editions
Cyril Jolly's new book! THE LOSS OF THE ENGLISH TRADER RNLI Coxswain Henry Btogg's toughest mission Read how the gallant but temperamental English Trader met her end on Hammond Knoll off the Norfolk Coast in 1941, and how the...
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The Best Essay In the Competition
By FAIRY PATTERSON, of Hall Street National School, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan.
How does the Life-boat Service Help the Cause of Peace between Nations ? EVERYTHING that serves to promote peace and goodwill, amongst the nations...
Category: Articles
The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy (maximum 28 Ibs., minimum 25 Ibs.) to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support...
Category: Articles
The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution.
The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt- are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy (maximum 28 Iba, minimum 25 Ibs.) to support a mtm heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support...
Category: Articles
Frank Picks the Winners
On 29 January Frank Bruno and Sooty drew the winning tickets for the RNLI's 84th lottery. The two celebrities were starring in Goldilocks and the Three Bears at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton - Frank as the Grand Ringmaster and Sooty... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Saga
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Sun Shields
Wear alone, with contacts or over regular glasses.
Shields delicate skin around the eyes.
Virtually unbreakable lenses are hard coated to resist scratching.
100% block from UVA/UVB...
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The Belgian Yacht Haura
Lifeboatmen transferred to Belgian yacht in gale and heavy seas A joint service by Southwold's Atlantic 21 class lifeboat Quiver and Lowestoft's Tyne Spirit of Lowestoft has won two lifeboatmen framed letters of thanks from the...