LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Happy People: Rescued Two and Saved Boat
TWO MEN had been spending Sunday January 16 fishing off the western end of the Isle of Wight in an open 17ft dory. When, at 1530, they started to prepare for the return passage to Poole, their outboard engine failed. They were reported...
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JULY 5TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
Red flares had been reported, but a search, during which a floating mine was seen, found nothing. - Rewards, £6 12s..
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NOVEMBER 9TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
An airman was reported to have baled out, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £15 12s..
Books
Books . . .
• In 1983 was published the first part of the late Grahame Farr's comprehensive Lists of British Lifeboats, covering non self-righting, pulling and sailing boats from 1775 to 1916. Before his death later...
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 11th January, 1894.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and Corre-...
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The Best Essay
By KATHLEEN WILLMOTT (aged 13J), of S. John Baptist Girls' School, Frome, Somerset.
What are the Qualities of the Life-boatman which make him an Example of Good Citizenship ? OUR small island home is the central jewel...
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Model Effort:
Model effort: this half size replica of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston 44ft Waveney lifeboat Barham took eight months and several hundred man hours to complete and will be used to raise funds for the RNLI by being rented out to fetes and... - View image in PDF
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Contents
In this issue News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI Lifeboat Services 10 Including Bronze Medal and Vellum services Blackpool Illuminated 16 Jon Jones looks at the RNLI's latest Visitor Centre and the new lifeboat...
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Only Fools and Horses? By Ray Kipling
Ray Kipling, the RNLi's public relations officer, takes a closer look at the rescue statistics over the last 20 years.
WHAT HAVE a man on a bicycle, a man in a barrel, a pheasant, a butterfly and a • horse got in common...
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Breaksea
All in a season's work RNLI Divisional Inspector Colin Williams gives a round up of all things operational this Spring in the island of Ireland Our crews experience everything that the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean can muster, as...