LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Difficult Tow In a South-East Gale
ON the 20th of January, 1954, the fishing yawl Poseidon, of Rothesay, left North Shields to fish off Eyemouth.
Early on the morning of the 22nd of January the crew of four found they could not start the engines. They were...
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People and Places
Naval Architect dies Naval Architect Jack Tyrrell of Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland died suddenly on 29 July 1988 at the age of 83.
Jack Tyrrell was one of Ireland's most imaginative naval architects, and in 1964 won...
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Harriet
Fleetwood, Lancashire - At 2.10 a.m. on I4th August, 1966, red flares were noticed in the Wyre channel. The life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was in Ferry dock and proceeded at 2.15 in a strong north north westerly gale and a very rough sea. It...
The Day of a DOS By Joan Davies
NOVEMBER, BY TRADITION, is the time for the annual conference of the district organising secretaries, the liaison officers between the RNLI's voluntary financial branches and guilds in the field and its headquarters at Poole. At the...
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Contents
Notes of the Quarter, by Patrick Howarth 219 Here and There 220 Lifeboat Services 221 VOlUme y .JL l V John Chapman: Honorary Secretary of the Civil Service and Post Office -v T i 0 Lifeboat Fund .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 227 Number 458 The...
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Some Ways of Raising Money
Cardiff ladies' guild increased their income in 1976 by about 30 per cent.
Of the £5,010 they raised for the lifeboat service last year £1,460 was by way of their annual collection and £1,000 was the...
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Classifieds
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The Women of Boulmer. Seven Hours on Duty In a December Night's Blizzard
ON 20th December, 1925, a blizzard was blowing on the north-east coast, one of the severest for many years. The s.s.
Amble, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, a collier which loads at Amble, was riding at anchor in Alnmouth Bay, but...
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Lifeboat Services (1)
Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 22: June 11, July 10,16, 23,24, 25,27 (twice) and 30 (twice) Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21 :June 2 Relief Atlantic 21: June 21, 26 and July 27 Aith, Shetland 52ft Aran ON 1200: June 5,12, 21, July 4,9 and 28...
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