LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Naval Hammock—Its Buoyancy and Use In Saving Life at Sea—In Cases of Collision, Etc
IT is well known that the boats of a man- of-war are, as a general rule, insufficient in number and capacity to save her crew except in the smoothest water; also, that the largest and safest are stowed on the booms, from whence time is...
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The Centenary Meeting
The CHAIRMAN : Your Royal Highness, my Lords, ladies and gentlemen, to-day is the hundredth birthday of our Life-boat Service.
That is the historic event which we have met here to celebrate.
It is, and...
Category: Meetings
Golf Competitions for the Life-Boats
IN 1931 an appeal was made to the principal golf clubs in Kent, Surrey and Sussex to hold a competition in aid of the Life-boat Service. The Institution offered to present a silver and enamel Spoon as prize (two Spoons being offered if a...
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Launches
ABERDEEN ON-1248(17-24): Aug 4. 23(x2) D-S36:Augl1(x2).23.30 ABERDOVEY B-TSfc Jul IS, 20,21.27: Aug2,ai1,1S,22,23,24(x3), ABERSOCH B-790; Jul 14, 20, 26; Aug 3. 4. S(x2), 7.
11.12.15.25,27 ABERYSTWYTH B-70* Jul 7,9, 10(x2)....
Category: Services
University Marine Ltd
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Zodiac is Number One. Built by the oldest and best known inflatable manufacturers in the world, Zodiac inflatables confirm their pedigree, as soon as the going gets...
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Her Last Service
Channel Island Lifeboat to go to Cowes, the Jersey boat could not get a crew and the Institution asked the Guernsey boat to fetch her, That was on the 28th. When the Guernsey boat arrived at St. Helier in the evening German aeroplanes were...
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Silver Medal for Whitby Life-Boatman
The King has awarded the Silver Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea to John Robert Harland, of the Whitby life-boat crew, for diving overboard to the rescue of a fisherman in a heavy sea. As announced in the last issue, the Institution...
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Fundraising
It was around this time last year that the Oban lifeboat crew saved the life of an unconscious man who was trapped in icy waters between two fishing vessels in Oban harbour (see winter 2001/02 issue, p.18). The crew's pagers went off...
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ElectroMotion Ltd
An ElectroMotion mobility vehicle " i s proven to make life better k That's the conclusive result of our recent survey of 1,000 users, who were asked for their views on how their vehicles had affected and changed their...
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Book Reviews
• Howard Biggs, in his book The Sound of Maroons (Terence Dalton, Suffolk, £5.80) has researched diligently to produce such a fine history of the Kent and Sussex lifeboat stations from 1802 to 1977.
Much more than a...
Category: Articles