LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Thomas Stanley Treanor
THE Rev. Thomas Stanley Treanor, M.A., came from the parish of Achill, on the west coast of Ireland, and in July, 1878, was appointed chaplain to the Missions to Seamen for Deal and the Downs. A scholar and author, Treanor could read Greek...
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Cover Picture
A Sea King helicopter from 202 squadron RAF Brawdy flies past the naming ceremony site at Tenby on September 29, 1986, in salute to the station's new 47ft Tyne class lifeboat, RFA Sir Galahad. A description of the proceedings can be... - View image in PDF
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Alf
Epic rescue at RosslareA French trawler with five crew was drifting without power 14 mites south of Tuskar Rock Lighthouse on the south coast of Ireland so the Arun class Mabel Williams slipped her moorings at 2.37pm on 5 November...
Yo-Ho-Ho!
Yo-ho-ho! Smugglers galore swarmed the countryside around Whimple and in hot pursuit was a determined band of excise men. The barrel-laden smugglers tiptoed their way over hill and down dale in a bid to reach the New Fountain Inn with their... - View image in PDF
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To Improve Communications for D Class Ilbs Ron Caldicott (/) Electronics Surveyor/ Maintenance and Pete Young Electronics Surveyor Have Produced a Portable
To improve communications for D class ILBs, Ron Caldicott (/.), electronics surveyor/ maintenance, and Pete Young, electronics surveyor, have produced a portable, waterproof and unsinkable version of the Pye Westminster VHP... - View image in PDF
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Rentokil
By Appointment to Her Mij«ty The Queen Pest Control & Timber Preservation Services (k Product! An admittedly modest quid pro quo You save lives. We save buildings.
Including, we're pleased to say, many R.N.L.I....
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A 15-Foot-High Stained Glass Window With Life-Boat and Lighthouse Themes
A 15-foot-high stained glass window with life-boat and lighthouse themes - the work of Mr. Alfred L. Wilkinson, of Dovercourt, Essex, has been added to St.
Mary's Church, Isles of Scilly, through the generosity of Mr.... - View image in PDF
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Appledore
The naming and blessing of Manchester and District No 32, the new Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat to be stationed at Appledore. The ceremony took place on Friday February 7, 1986, in Manchester and the photograph shows (I) Mr Tom Booth... - View image in PDF
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Georgia and the S.S. St. Helena
Ramsgate, Kent.—At eight o'clock on the morning of the 8th of May, 1956, the Deal coastguard telephoned to say that the Panamanian tanker Georgia had been in collision with the S.S. St.
Helena in fog 23 miles...
Another Happy Collector
A LADY member of the Institution's branch at Crewe is a very keen gar- dener. She sells both plants and cut flowers, taking them by bus into the town where she has many standing orders and more requests than she can fulfil. The manager...
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