LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

As already mentioned, one of the chief features of this Journal will be to bring into prominent notice the several County Asso- ciations and Local Committees that have long existed around our coasts, and to urge on the well-wishers to the...

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Following the article 'Waiting for the lifeboat', which appeared in the Autumn 1996 issue of The Lifeboat, Lytham coxswain, Paul Heyes, and station honorary secretary, Frank Kilroy, discuss their individual viewpoints regarding...

fl 1 a fast reaction - SAVES! fj Interceptor FRRC , L.O.A: 7.6m Beam: 2.54m Drafc: 0? Max. Speed (loaded): 30 knots Crew: llchmman + 2 Divers Load: 8 25 man life rafts in quick-release cradles.

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Abersoch, Gwynedd October 10 and November 5.

Aberystwyth, Dyfed September 19 and 21.

Bangor, Co. Down October 5.

Barmouth, Gwynedd September 21.

Barrow, Cumbria...

The battery that's fitted to the Atlantic The Atlantic 21 was designed for the RNLI to withstand the arduous conditions involved in high speed search and rescue operations.

This special boat needs a very special battery...

CENTURY Life-boat Day was held on 20th May, in nearly eighty of the main boroughs and urban districts of Greater London, and the Institution had the generous help of both the Duke and Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Patron of the Ladies' Life...

JULY 27TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT. At 2.25 in the morning the coastguard reported that shouts had been heard off Dungeness Point by a coastal battery. Later the lifeboat was asked to put out by the Royal Naval shore signal station, and at 4.15...