LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
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"Deck Plan.
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Body Plan. Midship Section.
The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and airchambers of one of...
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Centenaries of Life-Boat Stations. Presentation of Vellums Signed By the Prince of Wales
Presentation of Vellums signed by the Prince of Wales.
TEN presentations of Centenary Vellums to Stations have taken place during the past summer, making the total of such Vellums presented forty-three. Nine of these...
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Amos
Aberdeen.—At 7.41 on the evening of the 25th of December, 1957, the coast- guard told the honorary secretary that there was a very sick man on board the coaster Amos, of Copenhagen. Her position was then 75 miles south-east of Aberdeen. The...
The Dudgeon Lightvessel
Sheringham, and Cromer, Norfolk.
At 9.50 on the morning of the 31st of May, 1958, the Cromer coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a re- quest had been made by the Trinity House Superintendent at Great Yar...
Awards for Two Mechanics
MR. HENRY PEGG, motor mechanic of the Dover (Kent) life-boat, and Mr. Wilfred Cook, travelling mechanic of the Institution, were awarded testimonials on parchment by the Royal Humane Society for rescuing a man who had fallen into the sea at...
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Cherbourg to Hamble By John Spicer
YE OLDE WHYTE HARTE, Hamble, has for a number of years supported the RNLI, culminating in a total of £1,500 being raised in 1979. Each year new ideas have been thought of to raise money and last year during opening hours and amid much...
Category: Donations
The Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
302 THE LIFE-BOATS OF THE ROYAL STATION. Length. Breadth. No. of Oars. When Stationed or Named. No, ENGLAND. It In. ...
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40 Years of Service
STIRLING WHORLOW, O.B.E., who retired from the post of Secretary at the end of 1969, gave a lifetime of service to the R.N.L.I. Apart from the years of the 1939/45 war, when he served with distinction in the Army, his whole working life was...
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Oceanic II (1)
A LONG SEARCH Margate, Kent, and Walton-on-the- Naze, Essex.—At 2.50 in the after- noon of the 24th of May, 1947, the coastguard telephoned that the Ameri- can steamer John Lefarge had reported that she had collided with and sunk a fishing...
Exeter Friendly Society
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Exeter Friendly Society offers healthcare insurance for the over 50's that is hard to...
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