LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mermaid Marine Engines Ltd
R.N.L.I. rely on Mermaid T THE NEW ROTHER CLASS LIFEBOATS, as those already in service like the Margate Lifeboat shown here, rely on Mermaid diesel engines for continuous trouble-free power in every emergency. You need reliability too, so...
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Manders Paints Ltd
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Coxswain Albert Brown of Workington
Coxswain Albert Brown of Workington joined the lifeboat crew in 1971, becoming coxswain in 1972. He was awarded the bronze medal in 1974 for the rescue of seven people from the fishing vessel Kia Ora, dragging her anchor half mile east of... - View image in PDF
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The Mumbles
THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE On the 11th October, 1944, the Mumbles life-boat rescued the forty-two survivors of the crew of H.M.C.S. Cheboque.
COXSWAIN WILLIAM J. GAMMON was awarded the gold medal.
Also...
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New beaches
RNLI lifeguards are heading north this Summer, and will be patrolling beaches in Lincolnshire for the first time. The beaches – in Skegness, Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea – were covered by council-employed lifeguards. The local council will...
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— On the evening of the 12th October a message was received from a contractor that one of his men, who was working on the Bull Fort, in the River Humber, had been taken seriously ill, and that it was necessary to get him to Grimsby as soon...
Volunteer
The crew of four hands of the schooner Volunteer of : Carnarvon, bound from Dunkirk to | Sligo with a cargo of slate, passed a terrible night on the Goodwin Sands on the llth-12th January. Shortly before midnight...
International Assistance from Westcountry Lifeboat
Penlee's relief Arun class A.J.R. and L.G. Uridge is pictured with two casualties, dealt with in a two-week period.
The lifeboat is pictured preparing to take an injured man off a120ft Spanish trawler in the sheltered... - View image in PDF
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IRB Launches
In addition to the services by IRB's which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full elsewhere in THE LIFE-BOAT, the following launches on service were made during the months of September to November, 1965, inclusive:...
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Thorsbjerg
WHITEHAVEN, CUMBBBLAND.—At midnight on the 9th of May, the Norwegian barque Thorsbjerg, laden with deals from Laurvig for Whitehaven, which was lying at anchor off the port, waiting until the tide would allow her to enter, parted both her...