LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter By Patrick Howarth
THREE LIFEBOAT STATIONS have recently been re-opened. One of these is Fraserburgh, the station which suffered two major disasters in less than 20 years and from which the lifeboat was withdrawn after the 1970 disaster.
The...
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Mervic (2)
Bude, Port Isaac and Padstow, Cornwall; and Clovelly, North Devon - At 9.40 a.m. on 22nd August, 1969, the coastguard informed the Bude honorary secretary that distress flares from a large white boat had been seen two miles west of Lower...
Awards to Honorary Workers: A Correction
IN the list of awards to honorary workers in the last number of the journal, Mrs. F. H. Thornton, who received the record of thanks, was given as the "President of the Huyton Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Liverpool." It should...
Category: Awards
Morse Controls Ltd
GEAR SELECTOR VALVE Torbay Lifeboat 'Princess Alexandra of Kent' showing use of MD24 control with GARDNER LW engine and DC gearbox hydraulically actuated GOVENOR CONTROL 'It's simplicity itself (AN ASSOCIATE COMPANY OF MORSE...
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Mr G T Paine
It is with deep regret that we record the following deaths: November 1982 Mr G. T. Paine, MBE, president of Dungeness station branch, after serving as chairman from 1931 to 1982. Mr Paine was awarded the gold badge in 1963, a bar to his gold...
Category: Obituaries
By the Time the Fast Afloat Boat 4 Prototype
Developing new lifeboats to meet the needs of the 1990s and into the next century is an expensive business. By the time the Fast Afloat Boat 4 prototype pictured here enters service it is estimated that production boats will cost some... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Some of the New Trent Class Can Be Funded By Single Legacies Or Appeals
Some of the new Trent class can be funded by single legacies or appeals - this is Fishguard's Blue Peter VII, funded by the BBC television programme's appeal - but increasingly it is necessary to fund or top-up from the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rochdale Guild
Rochdale Guild, who are celebrating their diamond jubilee this year, constructed a mock lifeboat and walked it round the town to raise £467. The photo shows some of the ladies and helpers pausing for breath. photograph by courtesy of... - View image in PDF
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Left: RNLI Senior Driver George Dadds
Left: RNLI senior driver George Dadds makes loading an Atlantic 21 look far too easy as he slips it on to the bed of his Mercedes. The truck is used mainly for long-haul work to Scotland and Ireland.. - View image in PDF
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Teignmouth
Teignmouth is one of several stations re-opened over the last decade to meet the demand for greater lifeboat cover. The station was closed in 1940 and when it was reopened in 1990 the old boathouse was rebuilt and renovated.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs