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Raid on R.N.L.I. Depot

Date: April 1970

Volume: 41

Issue: 431

Early in the morning of 7th November, 1969, the nightwatchman at the R.N.L.I. Depot at Boreham Wood, Herts., Mr. Kazimierz Jastrzebski, who is 55, struggled with a gunman who was accompanied by four other men. One of the raiders fired a shot...

Category: Articles

Leicester Ladies' Guild

Date: Spring 1984

Volume: 49

Issue: 488

George Smith, international flower arranger and author, completes a large decoration at a flower arranging demonstration organised by Leicester ladies' guild at the Grand Hotel, Leicester. The evening, attended by 450 people, raised... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Walter Groombridge

Date: Autumn 1986

Volume: 50

Issue: 498

Walter Groombridge, who for many years was station administration officer and deputy launching authority of Brighton lifeboat station. At a ceremony in June the Newhaven, Shoreham and Brighton lifeboats gathered in Brighton for a simple...

Category: Obituaries

National Day of Prayer.

Date: December 1943

Volume: War Years

Issue: War Bulletin 14

A hospital at Stranmillis, Belfast, the Garrison Church at Larkhill, Wiltshire, and churches in Cornwall, Northamptonshire, Lancashire and Gloucestershire, sent to the Life-boat Service the special collections which they nude on September...

Category: Articles

The Armies Help

Date: June 1944

Volume: War Years

Issue: War Bulletin 16

At Scarborough recently, when the life-boat was called to the rescue of an airman, an army vehicle gave valuable help by towing her across heavy sand and into the sea. At Newcastle, Co. Down, when only 28 launchers could be mustered,...

Category: Articles

Spreety

Date: Winter 1978

Volume: 45

Issue: 463

Lifeboat and ILB AT 0813 ON WEDNESDAY August 17, 1977, HM Coastguard Aldeburgh requested the launch of Aldeburgh lifeboat to a yacht firing red flares about half a mile east of the lookout. Because of the difficulties of launching at low...

The Life-Boat of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution

Date: April 1864

Volume: 05

Issue: 52

Deck Plan.

Fig. 3.

Fig. 4.

Body Plan. Midship Section.

The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these...

Category: Articles

Lloyds Bank Insurance Direct

Date: Winter 1997

Volume: 55

Issue: 539

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Category: Advertisement

Tri-Ang Motor Lifeboat

Date: Winter 1988

Volume: 50

Issue: 503

This photograph shows the toy lifeboat which reader O N Carson referred to in his letter (mi: LIFEBOAT. Autumn 19K7, page 206). The model is approximately ten inches long and is clockwork powered. It is constructed from plastic, except for... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Oasis, of Liverpool

Date: July 1869

Volume: 07

Issue: 73

On January 12th, 1868, a large iron ship, the Oasis, of Liverpool, struck on the rocks west of the Metal Mail, Newtown Head, in a south-easterly gale.

The Cambridge University life-boat, Tom Egan, was launched, and reached...