LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dive boat in danger
2 June: Moelfre’s Tyne class lifeboat Robert and Violet was launched as a dive boat was pushed towards rocks in a strong north-easterly wind and rough sea. The boat’s engine had failed with three people onboard,...
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Inshore Lifeboat Services June July and August 1977
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire July 16.
Aberdovey, Gwynedd June 5 (twice), 9 (twice), July 3 (3 times), 7, 10, 26, August 4, 17 and 20.
Abersoch, Gwynedd June 5, 10, 16, 30, July 11, 18, 21, August 11, 20, 21 and...
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Cover Picture
Exercises at sea are part of the regular routine of every lifeboat station. On exercise the crew can familiarise themselves with the boat and with her lifesaving equipment, and, as a team, practise manoeuvres which, on service, may have to... - View image in PDF
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(Below) Clyde
(below) Clyde, 70-001, Charles H.
Barrett (Civil Service No 35): length overall 70ft; beam 18ft; draught 8ft 4in; displacement 85 tons; maximum speed, over 11 knots; range at full speed, 600 nautical miles. Charles... - View image in PDF
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Bridlington:
Bridlington: The Lords Feoffees of the Manor of Bridlington receive rents and monies similar to the old feudal system. They then use the money to support local charitable causes. Bridlington's new D class inflatable lifeboat, handed over... - View image in PDF
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Lytham-St.Anne's Sunday June 2 1985:
Lytham-St Anne's, Sunday June 2, 1985: the Reverend John Carlisle, chaplain of Lytham-St Anne's lifeboat station blesses with holy water the 47ft Watson class lifeboat, The Robert. The re-dedication ceremony for this lifeboat, newly... - View image in PDF
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A Good Deal:
A good deal: the Thames was much calmer than Bruce Forsyth when he was taken for a ride in a D class inflatable lifeboat. The lifeboat was the result of a special Christmas version of Brace's TV show Play Your Cards Right when the... - View image in PDF
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Lt Cdr Brian Miles the Rnli's Director
Cdr Brian Miles, the RNLI's director, is pictured collecting a cheque for £19,443, the result of a competition sponsored by Frizzell Insurance and Financial Services and which appeared in several editions of the Civil Service... - View image in PDF
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Memorable holiday
4A family’s holiday took an unfortunate turn on 25 August when their cruiser ran aground, injuring two of the seven onboard. Lough Derg’s B class lifeboat Vera Skilton was launched into force 5 winds gusting to force 7. Two RNLI crew members...
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The right direction
New Quay’s Mersey and D class lifeboats were requested to launch at 3.45pm on 1 February after reports that a parachutist, jumping from 150m cliffs, had crashed.
The lifeboats searched the area between the Old Lookout and...
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