LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Wreck Register and Chart for 1861
SHAKESPEARE compares England to a fortress, and the Channel to a moat; but if he saw the leviathan steamers now coming up that channel, he would be the first to acknowledge that the comparison did not hold good in the present day. We do not...
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APRIL 23RD. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. Two airmen had been reported to have baled out over the sea, but later the report was found to be untrue. - Rewards, £4 18s. 9d..
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FEBRUARY 5TH . - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. A raft with a person on board had been reported off Marsden Pit Heap, but it was found to be a paravane. - Rewards, £7 15s. 6d..
A Steamer (20)
JUNE 11TH . - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE:.
A steamer had been bombed by a German aeroplane and had sunk, but only wreckage and two empty rafts were found.- Rewards, £21 13s..
Life-Boat Regulations
IMPORTANT alterations having been made in the Life-Boat Regulations of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION since they were many years ago published in this Journal, we again insert them for the information of our...
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A Sponsored 25-Hour Game of Crib Played By Brighton Policemen Sgt Peter Dear Pcs Dave Rowland Harold Green Kim Wood Roger Charles and Wpc Sue Boug
A sponsored 25-hour game of crib played by Brighton policemen. Sgt. Peter dear, PCs Dave Rowland.
Harold Green, Kim Wood.
Roger Charles and WPC Sue Bought en, raised £1,058 for Brighton's new ILB... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Too Many Cooks! Portpatrick
Too many cooks! Portpatrick lifeboat station holds a lifeboat week every year and last year, with the help of the newly formed ladies' guild, raised £6,400. The photograph shows the coxswain and crew preparing the barbecue which was... - View image in PDF
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APRIL 23RD. - RAMSGATE, WALMER, AND MARGATE, KENT. A steamer had been mined and had sunk off the North Foreland, but her crew were taken off by naval vessels. - Rewards : Ramsgate, £5 3s. ; Walmer £14 12s. 6d. ; Margate, £9 8s...
J.G. Graves of Sheffield
J.G. Graves of Sheffield was the first of the 26 Oakley Mk1 s to be built between 1958 and 1971 and is displayed on a typical launching carriage of the period. The class was designed to be self righting while retaining a high degree of... - View image in PDF
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Colin Stewart,
Colin Stewart, chairman of the Harlow and District branch. He was a member of the committee since 1971 and had been chairman since 1978..
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