LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
(Below) Jimmy Savile at the Helm of the Atlantic 21 on Show With a 'Crew' of Scouts
. . . and (below) Jimmy Savile at the helm of the Atlantic 21 on show with a 'crew' of Scouts.. - View image in PDF
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Stability
IN this article it is proposed to explain the nature and action of stability as con- cisely as the subject permits, without introducing technical terms, beyond those essential to definition, or attempting to go beyond the purely mechanical,...
Category: Articles
Whitby Sunday October 19 1980: at 1030 a Converted Ship's Lifeboat Was Seen Heading Towards the Harbour Entrance Conditions Were Very Dangerous With a Very Heavy Swell and Breaking Sea
Whit by, Sunday October 19, 1980: At 1030 a converted ship's lifeboat was seen heading towards the harbour entrance.
Conditions were very dangerous, with a very heavy swell and breaking seas at the bar and in the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Atlantic evolution
For years, students and teachers at Atlantic College have volunteered for a lifeboat crew ready to launch off the south Wales coast. But now the College has a new lifesaving focus. While the lifeboat station has now closed, students have...
Category: Articles
Dedication
A remarkable demonstration of service has come to the notice of the R.N.L.I, at Douglas, Isle of Man. The devoted helper, who was physically handicapped, was 15-year old David Kelly who died in November.
It is understood...
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The Record Breakers:
The record breakers: on Sunday, June 14, 1987, in Dun Laoghaire Harbour, Eire, 329 sailing boats formed the shape of a sunflower beating the previous world record of 192 boats to moor alongside one another - a feat since ratified by the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Feature: Volunteer Lifeguards
RNLI Beach Lifeguards currently operates only in the South West of England, but the RNLI is working hard to ensure the development of lifeguarding all around the coastThe RNLI is committed to maintaining its volunteer ethos. This does not...
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London Life-Boat Day and Lifeboat Matinee
LAST year Life-boat Day in Greater London felt on the first day of the General Strike. Over £2,700 was collected, a large sum in such exceptionally difficult circumstances, but not half what it Lad been toped to raise. This year a...
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Europa
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— At 5.40 on the morning of the 9th of August, 1957, the coastguard tele- phoned that a fishing vessel was ashorein Beadnell Bay. The life-boat crew assembed, but a message was then received that the crew of...
Oil As a Wave Smoother
The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette recently called attention in a leading article to the advisability of the use of oil during rough weather at sea under certain favourable conditions. They remarked that it was gratifying to observe that...
Category: Articles