LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lindy Lou
On the evening of the 26th of July, 1954, the Aberystwyth, Cardigan- shire, life-boat Aguila Wren, after standing by for an hour in rough seas with a gale blowing from the south- west, rescued three people from the motor fishing vessel Lindy...
Cogswell & Harrison Ltd
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Cogswell & Harrison Ltd
THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL FLASHLIGHT DYNALITE FLASHES "he world's most powerful flashlight, specially mported from the U.S.A. This six-cell flashlight i 80,000 candle power and is entirely wateriroof, made of strong plastic and...
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Scott Bader
GREAT GRTSTIC BOATS! Crystic polyester resin is being specified for the Crystic polyester resin will be gladly supplied on GRP hulls of workboats all over the world be- request. Illustrated: The Ernest William and cause it has proved itself...
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Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Richard Evans of Moelfre. He was appointed coxswain in 1954 after serving as second coxswain from 1939 to 1954 and as bowman from 1930 to 1939. He was awarded the bronze medal for gallantry for the...
Category: Articles
Stepping up! Three members of the Bridllngton lifeboat crew
Stepping up! Three members of the Bridllngton lifeboat crew were kepi on their toes when they were persuaded to join delegates from the Yorkshire and Humberside region of the Keep Fit Association for some aerobic high kicks during a break... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Earl Mountbatten Had Strong Connections With Hms Mercury the Communications School In His Former Role As Senior Communications Officer of the Royal Navy Here Captain John Stevens Ii) C
Earl Moiintbatten hud strong connections with HMS Mercury, the communications school, in his former role as senior communications officer of the Royal Navy. Here Captain John Stevens II.), chairman of Petersfield branch, receives a cheque... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Hope Star
DECEMBER 6TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. The motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 put out at 9 in the morning, in a N.W. gale, with a very rough sea, and rescued nine men of the crew of 44 of the S.S. Hope Star, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, which had...
Summary of the Year's Work
Launches of Life-boats.
Including those in which no service was rendered.
Launches before the end of war on 8th May - - - - - - - 2 0 4 Launches after the end of war - - - - - - - - - - - 2 9 3 Total of...
Category: Annual Reports
R. M. Ballantyne's "The Life-Boat."
IT is thirty-two years since R. M.
Ballantyne died, and last year was the centenary of his birth. He was writing for nearly forty years, his first book being published in 1856, and in that time he produced eighty volumes....
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