LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE third year of the Essay Competition has brought a number of interesting and very readable essays, and although scarcely up to the excellent standard of the first two years, it can be said that only in a few cases did they fail to show an...

IN July, 1905, as will be seen by reference to the LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL for November, 1905, page 551, it was decided that three Life-boats should be installed with petrol motors, viz., Walton-on-the-Naze, Norfolk and Suffolk type, 43 ft. by 12...

Mrs. B. E. Ragg, of Kenilworth, is 76 years old and during the four days of the Royal Show last year collected nearly £160. Considering that the weather throughout the show was extremely hot, for a 76-year-old collecting for Jive or six...

Lifeboats depend on Dagenite Batteries So can you.

Dagenite batteries are used extensively by the RNLhand they don'ttake any chances. Isn't this the kind of dependability you want for your car Dagenite dependability...

LIFEBOATS DEMAND THE DEPENDABILITY OF DACENITE So does your car. Make sure you choose a Dagenite Easifil-it means what it says. Dagenite Batteries are used extensively by the R.N.L.I.

They don't take...

Bird's eye view of RNLl works depot from headquarters building: now they are only separated by West Quay Road. There is water frontage to Holes Bay with a quay where offshore lifeboats can be moored alongside and also a... - View image in PDF

Mermaid Marine Engines Ltd THAMES MARINA THAMES DITTON SURREY Telephone: 01-398 6802 and 6159 Twin Mermaid Type 595 TP TURBO-PLUS Marine Diesels now installed in this craft.

To be followed by similar installations in new 44...

Facts and Figures In 1985 the RNLI's lifeboats launched 3,832 times (an average of ten times each day) and saved 1,637 lives (an average of over 4 people rescued each day).

Over 46 per cent of all services carried out...