LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Firms and Their Products
• The Hovercat Mk. 2 multipurpose amphibious hovercraft (Hovermarine Transport Ltd., Hazel Wharf, Hazel Road, Woolston, Southampton) has a wide range of roles.
The Hovercat depicted above is fitted out for casualty...
Category: Articles
Rescue Call
• In Rescue Call (Kaye & Ward, 2is.) Angus Mac Vicar has written an admirable brief history of the life-boat service. It is extremely readable and a great deal of information has been packed into no more than 128 pages. Many of the...
Category: Articles
People and Places
New Year Honours Among the awards announced in the New Year Honours list were: Knights Bachelor Rear Admiral Morgan Morgan Giles, DSO QBE GM. For political service. Admiral Sir Morgan Morgan Giles has been a member of the Committee of...
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Govier & Son Ltd
Lifeboat Man £73 eiqht 91/2" CHARACTERS OF THE SEA1 from Royal Doulton Govier's of Sidmouth are pleased to offer you this opportunitj of acquiring Royal Doulton's "Characters of the Sea" and at the same time make...
Category: Advertisement
Past and Present
50 years ago From THE LIFEBOAT of November 1918 The Duke of Northumberland's Prize Essay Competition Early this year the late Duke of Northumberland, the then President of the Institution, placed at its disposal the sum of £100, to...
Category: Articles
A Yacht
Family of five saved in rough seas Criccieth lifeboat was alerted on 16 August following a call to Holyhead Coastguard from a family caught in heavy weather aboard their yacht just south of Criccieth Castle.Coastguards paged Criccieth...
Your Letters
Address your letters to: The Editor, The Lifeboat, RNLI, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ or email us at: [email protected] All submissions should be clearly marked 'for publication' In reply to the letter from GM Reid...
Category: Correspondence
An Invitation to All Supporters
Annual Presentation of Awards ' It has been a busy year for the RNLI - in fact, probably its busiest ever in 181 years. Supporters are now invited to reflect on the events of 2005 at a very special day.The RNLI's Annual General...
Category: Articles
A Good Example
THE following interesting communication has been transmitted to the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, and is a gratifying evidence of the social kindness of heart that is so frequently found among our British workmen: — " Orwell Works,...
Category: Correspondence
Listings
Listings Miss Betty arrives at Crosshaven Ireland's 42nd lifeboat station opened on 19 October 2002 and her new boat was welcomed to the RNLI fleet. Crosshaven has until now been served by Ballycotton to the east or Courtmacsherry to the...
Category: Articles