LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Launching and Recovery—Part I: Slipway Stations By Edward Wake- Walker Assistant Public Relations Officer (London)
IN THE ACCOUNT of the service by Padstow lifeboat to the coaster Skopelos Sky which appeared in the summer edition of the journal, there was an unusual addendum. Unlike most reports that begin with words to the effect that 'the lifeboat...
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An Aeroplane (16)
FEBRUARY 6TH. - ARRANMORE, CO.
DONEGAL. Coastwatchers had reported an explosion and a ship on fire, but nothing was found, and later it was learned that an aeroplane had crashed and caught fire.- Rewards, £23 4s....
First Gold Medal for Ten Years
FOR the first time for ten years and for only the second time since the end of the last war the Institution's highest award for gallantry, the gold medal, has been conferred. The medal was awarded to Coxswain Richard Evans of Moelfre,...
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False Alarms
(N The Lifeboat for November, 1925, two cases were mentioned of Life-boats going out owing to lights on land being mis- taken for lights at sea. In one case the Selsey Life-boat cruised about for three hours and could find no vessel, the...
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Some Account of the Growth of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution's Fleet Since the Re-Organization of the Society In 1850. III. (1886-1896)
IN the February 1896 number of the Life-boat Journal it will be remembered that the account of the growth of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITU- TION'S fleet of Life-boats was brought up to 1885, the fleet then consisting of 284 boats....
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In Loving Memory
In loving memory Six of the parents whose sons were lost off Land's End during Easter, 1985, have presented a cheque for £52,000 to Rear Admiral W. J. Graham, director, at RNLI Headquarters.
The money, which was...
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Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse II has recently taken up station at Plymouth. She a 44' Waveney class 'fast afloat' lifeboat built to a design introduced from the US Coast Guard in 1964. Her twin General Motors... - View image in PDF
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Rnli news
NEWS POINT HURRICANE HEROES For those who lived through it, the hurricane which hit the south and south east coasts of England during the early hours of October 16 last will forever be imprinted on their memories.
None more...
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A Stern Test
A STERN TEST Inshore lifeboats are equipped with powerful engines to reach casualties quickly, but many rescues call for some strong handiwork too. Rory Stamp reports The skipper knew it wouldn’t be easy to get his yacht Sub Woofer back into...
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When a Diver Was Doing Underwater Work at the End of the North Pier Blackpool on 18Th June 1968
When a diver was doing underwater work at the end of the North Pier, Blackpool, on 18th June, 1968, there was an explosion and he was hit by flying metal. Here a police diver is shown about to leave the Blackpool IRB during the search for... - View image in PDF
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