LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Y.L.A. Section
'STICK WITH IT' Mr. Peter W. Derham, assistant operational secretary of the Mudeford IRB, told a public meeting of the Christchurch, Hants, branch of the R.N.L.I. that a 'cardinal sin' of the sea was for anyone to leave their...
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Rnli National Lottery
PAULA FUDGE, Commonwealth gold medalist and holder of the women's 5,000 metres world record, visited Poole headquarters on Friday October 30 to draw the RNLI fifteenth national lottery. Paula gained her record in Norway in 1981, and was...
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The S.S. Gustav Bitter (1)
POLPEAR (LIZARD) AND CADGWITH.— On the morning of the 4th March the s.s. Gustav Bitter, of Newcastle-on-Tyne while proceeding from London to the Manchester Ship Canal with a general cargo, stranded on the Callidges Rocks, off the Lizard...
Fishing Boats (6)
Whitby, Yorkshire.— Early in the morning of the 2nd January, 1939, anumber of fishing boats went to sea.
At about 8.30 A.M. a N.E. gale sprang up and the sea became rough, broken and dangerous between the pier ends and the...
A Boat (3)
Torbay, Devon. At six o'clock on the evening of the 5th August, 1961, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report that a 12-feet boat, which had been hired earlier in the day, had not returned. Further enquiries were made...
A Minesweeper
JANUARY 13TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. About three in the afternoon the coastguard reported a minesweeper aground three to four miles off Clacton, but in no immediate danger. At 3.30 the motor lifeboat Edward Z. Dresden was called out to...
Update on the Fast Carriage Lifeboat
Since the report in the winter 1985/6 issue of THE LIFEBOAT on the building of an experimental prototype of a fast carriage launched boat, extensive trials have been taking place. She is photographed (right) undergoing speed tests off...
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Elizabeth, of Teignmouth
On the evening of the 5th March, the sloop Elizabeth, of Teign- mouth, was observed outside the bar of the river in an unmanageable state, having lost her rudder. The wind was blowing a gale from the S.S.W.; there was a heavy sea on the bar,...
Bobby Lee Bem Coxswain of the Douglas Lifeboat from 1950 to 1970 on One of His First Services As Coxswain In April 1950 Bobby Lee Rescued Ten Men from Mary H
Bobby Lee, BEM, coxswain of the Douglas lifeboat from 1950 to 1970. On one of his first services as coxswain, in April 1950, Bobby Lee rescued ten men from Mary Heely.. - View image in PDF
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Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (1)
Royal National Life-Boat Institution For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.) FOUNDED IN 1824.—SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
PATRONESS.
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