LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-boat Exhibitions
IN the early summer of 1962 there were an exceptional number of life-boat exhibitions in various parts of the country, ranging from the opening of a new display centre at Exmouth to a major historical exhibition at Bradford; from the Irish...
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This Way Up
The ability of a modern lifeboat to self-right after a capsize is a valuable safety feature, but just how is this achieved? Mike Floyd sets out to explain the principles behind a modern self-righting lifeboat without recourse to diagrams or...
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Ryal
MARCH 26TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 7.17 A.M. a message was received from the Gorleston coastguard that distress signals were being made by a vessel off Caister. A fresh N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea, At...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
ILFRACOMBE, NORTH DEVON.—The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently formed a life-boat establishment at Ilfracombe, where there had at one time been a life-boat station under local management, which, however, it had*been found necessary...
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Book Reviews
• A new edition of First Aid for Lifeboat Crews has been compiled by the RNLI Medical and Survival Committee and will be issued this summer by authority of the Committee of Management to all lifeboat stations.
This book...
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Netta Croan
Fire at sea A TRAWLER on fire, not under control, but under way about four miles north east of Aberdeen: that was the message received from HM Coastguard at 2055 on Saturday, April 13, by the honorary secretary, Aberdeen. The crew were...
Lucy
Broken rudder THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Poole Lifeboat station was informed by Portland RHQ at 0750 on Tuesday, August 23 that a Dutch warship had reported a 25' yacht, Lucy, with a broken rudder 23 miles south of Anvil...
Patina
Three saved from swamped dinghy Members of the Portsmouth lifeboat crew have also received framed letters of thanks from the Chairman of the RNL1 for their sen-ices during an earlier rescue. The helmsman for this service was Steve Alexander...
Ceremonies
Relief fleet D class A new D class lifeboat provided by the patrons of the Fox & Hounds public house in Surbiton was handed over to the RNLI in Poole on 4 February 1989.
Some of the patrons were present when Mr Vic...
Category: Inaugurations
Books
Books Thorny's - an oral history of Vosper Thornycroft's shipyard, Southampton Edited by Krista Woodley, Padmini Broomfield and Sheila Jemima Published by Southampton City Council ISBN 0954394151 Price £12 hardback John I...
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