LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lowestoft Steam Drifter Feaco In Which the Author Sailed When Steam Drifters Went Out Herring Gulls Followed; Very Often It Was the Gulls Which Led the Skippers to the Shoa
Lowestoft steam drifter Feaco, in which the author sailed. When steam drifters went out, herring gulls followed; very often it was the gulls which led the skippers to the shoals offish.. - View image in PDF
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Jump from pier SOUTHEND STATION MECHANIC, Robert Chalk, was walking with two friends, Frederick Robinson (ILB crew) and Bernard Barton, near the lifeboathouse on Southend Pier at 0900 on Monday, November 25, 1974, when, looking into the sea...
Cover Picture
by Maggie Murray/Format Prior to the Annual Presentation of Awards on 19 May, the six Bronze Medallists line up aboard the Mersey class Marine Engineer for the photocall on the Thames.
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Search for missing boys THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY at St Agnes was informed by Falmouth Coastguard at 1746 on Tuesday August 28, 1984, that a youth was cut off by the tide at Chapelporth. Maroons were immediately fired and by 1750 St...
Twenty-Five Years As Chairman
IN May of this year Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., completed twenty-five years as chairman of the Committee of Management of the Institution.
There have been, including him, eight chairmen in the 124 years since the Institution...
Category: Articles
Shoreline
THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS submitted to the Institution's governors at the Royal Festival Hall in London on May 15 showed that Shoreline had contributed £934,400 to the RNLI's funds in 1983, an increase of more than £165,000. At...
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Life-Boat Conferences
North Eastern and Irish Free State Districts.
A CONFERENCE of Honorary Workers in the North Eastern District was held at Bridlington on 18th September last. Representatives from thirty-six Branches and Guilds were present...
Category: Meetings
A Bicycle for Life-Saving at Sea
LAST March one of the Institution's contractors forwarded to it a letter inquiring if there were any kind of bicycle " used at summer resorts for saving life," as the writer was " about to invent a bicycle of that...
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(A) the Tug Tystie Manoeuvres
In photo (A) the tug Tystie manoeuvres close to Green Lily to put a tow line aboard while the lifeboat stands by.. - View image in PDF
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Index of Advertisers
Apollo Associates .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 607 Bolinders Company Ltd. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 637 Brookes & Gatehouse Ltd. 620...
Category: Index