LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Prize Winning Essay
Miss BRIDGET MCHALE, of West Nor- folk and King's Lynn High School for Girls, King's Lynn, won the first prize in the competition for the best essay on the Life-boat Service organised by the Institution.
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Dauntless
LOBSTER BOAT AGROUND ON SHEEP ROCK Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 10.26 on the morning of Wednesday the 28th of August, 1963, the Southend coastguard informed the assistant honorary secretary that the Portpatrick coastguard had reported the...
Wind power in Shetland
The RNLI has installed its first station wind turbine, at Aith, Shetland – the charity’s most northerly lifeboat station. The turbine, a 20kW Westwind unit, was switched on in the Autumn of 2009 and should generate around 40,000kWh a...
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A Nimrod Maritime Jet Aircraft of R.A.F. Strike Command Flying Over the Pentland Firth When the New Longhope Life-Boat (Centre), Which Is a 48-Foot 6-Inch Solent, Was Escorted to Her New Station
A Nimrod maritime jet aircraft of R.A.F. Strike Command flying over the Pentland Firth when the new Longhope life-boat (centre), which is a 48-foot 6-inch Solent, was escorted to her new station by (in the lead) 52-foot reserve life-boat... - View image in PDF
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Boy's Own
DECEMBER 6TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. In the early morning several fishing cobles had put out to sea, but shortly afterwards the weather began to get bad, and several of the boats on reaching the fishing grounds, turned back. By 1 P.M. a S...
Mr. Smith's Club, Brazil Street, Manchester, Held a Life-Boat Evening Recently and These Girls(Above), Helped to Make the Occasion a Memorable One. Proceeds Were Given to the R.N.L.I. on the Ri
Mr. Smith's Club, Brazil Street, Manchester, held a life-boat evening recently and these girls(above), helped to make the occasion a memorable one. Proceeds were given to the R.N.L.I. On the right is Mrs. Ruth Manrot who was selected as... - View image in PDF
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Contents
/ 1 . Notes of the Quarter, by Patrick Howarth 147 International Lifeboat Conference, by Patrick Howarth 148 XLVT Summary of Accounts for 1978 149 468 Lifeboat Services 150 Lifeboats of the World: Part II—Sea rescue outside Europe, by...
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Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 8.35, on the evening of the 24th of July, 1950, the palice reported that a boy had fallen over the 400 feet cliffs at Maug- hold Head. He was so seriously injured that he could not be carried up the cliff. The...
A Canoe (1)
the morn- ing of the 14th September a young visitor to Saundersfoot put out in a canoe. A strong W.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. About half a mile off shore the canoe capsized, and was blown another mile out to sea with the boy...
Kanedo
Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 10.10 on the night of the 5th of August, 1957, cries for help could be heard from the motor cruiser Kanedo, which was moored close to the pier. A strong south-easterly gale was blowing and the sea was very rough....