LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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C a m p b e l t o w n , Argyllshire.—7th August, 1938. A yacht had been reported capsized near Pladda, Arran, but nothing could be found. It was believed that basking sharks splashing about had been mistaken for the capsized yacht.—Rewards,...
Litchfield Ladies' Guild Organised Their Tenth Annual Fork Luncheon In the Spring Cooking Preparing and Serving All the Food Themselves Held As Usual In the Guildhall I
Litchfield ladies' guild organised their tenth annual fork luncheon in the spring, cooking, preparing and serving all the food themselves. Held, as usual, in the Guildhall it was a sell out, some 250 people attending; the profit was... - View image in PDF
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Fig 2 (Above):
On deck and below, every piece of equipment is provided with its own place and with fastenings to keep it secure, even if the lifeboat is capsized. Fig. 2 (above): A drogue lashed down in its housing on the after deck of a Rather, and . .... - View image in PDF
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A determined Kathleen Miller (below)
A determined Kathleen Miller (below) raised £1,300 for Middleton branch when she climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge in February. After a briefing and a practice ladder climb, Kathleen embarked on the two hour climb and found it... - View image in PDF
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An Aeroplane (101)
JULY 10TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the life-boat could find nothing, and later it was reported that a patrol boat had picked up an airman some miles from the position given to the life-boat...
83 Years of Gifts.
The Institution has received his annual subscription from a subscriber who has contributed to it since his father died 25 years ago. The father, in turn, had contributed since his father died in 1881, and the books of the Insti-- tution show...
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211 Medals
The Institution awarded 204 gold, silver and bronze medals for gallantry, and in rewards and other payments to its crews and launchers it spent £400,000. Lifeboatmen also won four British Empire Medals, two Distinguished Service Medals...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Steinstad
FEBRUARY 20TH. - ARRANMORE, CO. DONEGAL. Survivors of the S.S. Steinstad, of Oslo, which had been torpedoed on the 16th February, had reached land in one of the ship’s boats, and reported that another boat was missing, but the life-boat’s...
An Aeroplane (181)
NOVEMBER 29TH. - PEEL ISLE OF MAN. It had been reported that an aeroplane was missing and that a body with a life-jacket was floating in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £17 6s. 3d..
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PATIENT TO KIRKWALL The honorary secretary was notified at 2.20 a.m. on 4th June, 1965, that a patient on North Ronaldsay required urgent hospital treatment at Kirkwall for appendicitis. As there was no other suitable boat available the life...