LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Scarf-Helmets for Life-Boatmen: A Correction
IN the article in the last number on Mrs. Edith Manby's scarf-helmets for life-boatmen it was stated that over half a hundredweight of wool was used.
This should have been over a quarter of a ton..
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The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the Right Reverend Professor James a Whyte (Left) Aboard the Arun Bp Forties During His Visit to Abe
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Right Reverend Professor James A. Whyte (left) aboard the Arun BP Forties during his visit to Aberdeen lifeboat station.. - View image in PDF
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Lifeboats In Action
THE LIFEBOAT Anjn class lifeboat OM-1150 Hibtrntt Built 1989 Cost £600.000 Funding A very generous donation from the Irish Sailor* and Soldier* L*nd Truft. which also provided funding toward* th« running of lifeboat* in Ireland THE...
Category: Services
Meet the Fleet
Have you lost track of what boats are in the RNLI fleet? Do you get your B class confused with your D class? You are not alone With the RNLI at the forefront of technical innovation in boat design, lifeboats are constantly evolving. In 2002...
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Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society
THE Annilal Meeting of this Institution wag held at Willis's Rooms on the 31st May. His Grace the DUKE OF MABLBOROUGH, President of the Society, In the Chttjlr; there were also present ft large number of the friends find supporters of...
Category: Meetings
Boy Eric
Exmouth, South Devon - At 10.7 p.m. on I2th June, 1966, it was reported that red flares had been sighted about two miles off Orcombe point. The lifeboat Michael Stevens left her moorings at 10.20 in a moderate to fresh south south easterly...
(Above) Forty and More Entrants Set Off on Sunday October 4 for Southend-On-Sea Ladies' Guild's Second Annual Fancy Dress Sponsored Bicycle Ride Along the Seafront Fro
(Above) Forty and more entrants set off on Sunday, October 4, for Soiithend-on-Sea ladies' guild's second tinnual fancy dress sponsored bicycle ride along the seafront from Shore House, Shoebury, where Percy Caron judged the costumes... - View image in PDF
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On Exercise By Andrew Gould Assistant Public Relations Officer RNLI
IT is THE PRACTICE in the lifeboat service for the divisional inspector of lifeboats to make a formal visit to each of the offshore lifeboat stations in his division once every six months (every three months for ILBs) for the purpose of...
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Looking Across One Corner of Machine Shop to Area Where Lifejackets Are Serviced and Ilbs Held for Distribution to the Coast; All Major Ilb Servicing Is Done at Cowes
Looking across one corner of machine shop to area where lifejackets are serviced and ILBs held for distribution to the coast; all major ILB servicing is done at Cowes.. - View image in PDF
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