LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Eleven Years on a Look at the Atlantic 21 Rigid Inflatable Lifeboat Some of Those Who Know Her Well
THE ATLANTIC 21 rigid inflatable has proved one of the most successful of the Institution's modern lifeboats and 30 are now on station. With an overall length of 22ft 9in, a rigid GRP hull and inflatable neoprene tube 'bulwarks',...
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No Sea Room—And Other Things
No Sea Room -and other things ROCKS, SHALLOWS or obstructing lines reduced the lifeboats' manoeuvring room in four of the services (described briefly below) for which medals for gallantry were presented at the Royal Festival Hall in May...
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 1st Oct., 1874 -. ; THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of One previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck...
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As this issue of THE LIFEBOAT was going to press severe weather caused the flooding of the North Wales town of Towyn and the surrounding areas.
D class inflatable lifeboats from Rhyl, Llandudno and Flint (some 25 miles away...
Poole: After Hrh Crown Prince Harald of Norway
Poole: After HRH Crown Prince Harald of Norway, Honorary Colonel of the Royal Marines, had visited Commando units at Hamworthy on November 4 he embarked in one of the Institution's latest 52ft Arun class lifeboats and was brought round... - View image in PDF
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The Two Lifeboatmen
The two lifeboatmen in this picture have every right to look happy. Not only are they among those who will enjoy the delicious looking food in front of them at Stockport South East branch's twenty-first annual cheese and wine party, but... - View image in PDF
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Dudley Branch
Following the loss of Penlee lifeboat in 1981, Dudley branch launched an appeal as a tribute to Mrs Mary Richards, mother of the late Coxswain Trevelyan Richards. A cheque for the £5,396.83 raised, which will go towards the purchase of... - View image in PDF
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Cover Picture
Survey ship Geotek Alpha ablaze off the west coast of Scotland last July. Barra Island's 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat, Hugh William Viscount Gough, can be seen with 15 of the casualty's crew aboard. Eventually the lifeboat had to... - View image in PDF
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Postage Paid:
Postage paid: Hoylake postmaster, Mr Thorley, seems stuck on one of his postmen, Steve McGowan who is also a crew member of the Hoylake lifeboat. But rather than tear him off a strip, it's several sheets to the wind! To mark the issue of... - View image in PDF
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Modifications:
Modifications: Coxswain Kenneth Henry (I) is seen about to strike the first blow in the demolition of the old crew assembly room to make way for a new building. It is all part of a £650,000 project at Aith lifeboat station (Shetland)... - View image in PDF
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