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Mermaid Marine Engines Ltd

Date: January 1973

Volume: 42

Issue: 442

If the RNLI choose the Mermaid...

...why don't YOU? Mermaid Type 595 (FORD 2704C) marine diesel propulsion engine.

Built to the Royal National Life-boat Institution's strict specification Mermaid...

Category: Advertisement

Robert John Gammon

Date: Summer 1984

Volume: 49

Issue: 489

June, 1984 Robert John Gammon, motor mechanic of The Mumbles lifeboat from 1947 to 1971 after serving for three months as assistant motor mechanic. Mr Gammon was awarded the Royal Humane Society testimonial inscribed on vellum in...

Category: Obituaries

Lagos Interested

Date: September 1946

Volume: War Years

Issue: War Bulletin 25

The Institution has had a letter from Lagos in Nigeria, signed by Bob Reuben Taiwo, asking for its "free book", as he has heard that the Institution is "one of the belt Royal National Life-boat Institutions in Herts.".<...

Category: Articles

Jane Sophia, of Aberystwith

Date: January 1868

Volume: 06

Issue: 67

The Royal Berkshire life-boat at Aberdovey brought safely into harbour the stranded schooner Jane Sophia, of Aberyst- with,' and her crew of 5 men, which vessel had gone ashore on the South Bank.

Our Inland Branches. Settle

Date: February 1885

Volume: 12

Issue: 135

DOES our reader know where Settle is, or the description of country that has to be traversed in making the journey to this part of England ? The question will pro- bably be answered in the negative, as it is a small market town of some 2000...

Category: Articles

The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom

Date: August 1875

Volume: 09

Issue: 97

V.—MARGATE.

The Quiver, No. I.

This Life-boat is 34 feet long with 8 feet 3 inches beam, and pulls 10 oars.

A LIFE-BOAT Station was first formed at the town of Margate, under the...

Category: Articles

Shoreline

Date: Autumn 1981

Volume: 48

Issue: 478

THE DRAW for the Shoreline Renault 5 car competition was made on October 28 by Dave Lee Travis on the Renault Car Stand at Earl's Court Motor Fair.

The lucky winner was Mr F. J. Hade of Wokingham and by now he should...

Category: Articles

Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards

Date: Spring 1981

Volume: 47

Issue: 476

ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, TUESDAY MAY 12 1980: 1,215 people rescued; nearly £12 million raisedTUESDAY MAY 12 was the day of the RNLI's 1981 annual general meeting of the governors and annual presentation of awards and, as usual...

Category: Meetings

A New Zealand Lease of Life

Date: Summer 2000

Volume: 57

Issue: 553

Brictlington coxswain Fred Waikington follows in the wake of some former RNLI lifeboats that have travelled some 12,000 miles to a new home in the land of kiwis, sheet), volcanoes... and almost 10,000 miles of coastline.red and Carol...

Category: Articles

People and Places

Date: Winter 2001

Volume: 58

Issue: 555

TV stars draw record breaking lottery Joan Hooley (Josie from EastEnders) and George Sewell (Matt Drayton in The Detectives) drew the winning tickets for the most successful Lifeboat Lottery ever on 26 January. The 92nd draw beat all...

Category: Articles