LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
(Above) 44' Waveney Class Lifeboat Introduced from Us Coast Guard In 1964 Is First of the Rnli's 'Fast Afloat' Lifeboats Exceptionally Manoeuvrable Her Twin General
(Above) 44' Waveney class lifeboat, introduced from US Coast Guard in 1964, is first of the RNLI's 'fast afloat' lifeboats. Exceptionally manoeuvrable, her twin General Motors Detroit marine diesel engines give a top speed of... - View image in PDF
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Waterwitch
Aldeburgh, Suffolk. —At 3.20 in the afternoon of the 6th of June, 1948, the coastguard reported that a sailing yacht to the south-east of Aldeburgh, with only one man aboard, was making heavy weather, and the No. 2 motor life-boat Lucy...
NEW YEAR HONOURS
The following were among those honoured by the Queen in the New Year Honours : Mr. Henry T. Davies, coxswain, Cromer, Norfolk, life-boat.
Mr. Roland Moore, coxswain, Barrow, Lancashire, life-boat.
Mr. Neil...
Category: Awards
H.M. Coastguard
The Institution's best wishes for many happy years of retirement go to Commander D. F. White, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R. (Retd.), who relinquished his post as Chief Inspector of H.M. Coastguard at the end of 1965.
Commander...
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Mary Ann
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 10.48 on the morning of the llth August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor boat had put out earlier in the evening with the owner and his son on board to go fishing and...
Sea Venture III and Espardarte, and Cabin Cruiser Alcidan
At 10.27 p.m. on 22nd October, 1966, news was received that the cabin cruiser Alcidan was overdue on a passage from Weymouth and that the Norwegian tanker Maakfjell had taken three men off ayacht they had taken in tow. They were eleven and a...
Teresa
WORTHING.— On the 10th February, at about 5.50 P.M., the schooner Teresa,, of Weymoata, bound from Guernsey to London, with granite, was observed drivj ing on shore. A strong gale of wind from the S. was blowing and the sea was...
A Hundred Years Ago
A new life-boat has been recently stationed at Moelfre, a fishing village, on the north-eastern coast of the island of Anglesey, in lieu of the former life- boat stationed there, which has been removed to replace a worn-out boat at the...
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Hm Coastguard
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You'll also need a knowledge of communications or navigation, 3 'O' levels (or equivalent), including English and Maths, and a...
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Malcolm Wood Second Officer of Townsend Thoresen's Baltic Ferry
Malcolm Wood, second officer of Townsend Thoresen's Baltic Ferry walked 200 miles for the Harwich lifeboat. The sponsored walk from St Bees Head in Cumbria to Whitbv High Light in Yorkshire look II days and raised over il ,000. Malcolm... - View image in PDF
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