LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Story of a Coxswain
WRITTEN with a charm and delicacy comparable to that of Paul Gallico, The Morlo by L. A. Knight (John Murray, 12s. 6d.) is the delightful tale of Davy Tregaren, a life-boat coxswain, who is also a naturalist and farmer, and his affinity with...
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The Life-Boat
The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat is...
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The Launch Devotion
Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 12.40 on the afternoon of the 14th July, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a launch engaged for work on a pipe-line two miles north of Hartlepool was in difficulties and needed help. At one o'clock...
The Tender Offshore I
At 2 p.m. on 5th August, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that four youths in a hired rowing dinghy were missing. At 2.37 the life-boat Edian Courtauld left her moorings in a fresh west north westerly breeze and a rough...
The Fishwives of Cullercoats.
The annual summer appeal made last year by the fishwives of Cullercoats raised £278. This is the twentieth year of their appeal, and this is the largest sum which the* hare ever raised. The total is now £-2983..
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(Below) the Stole Nearest the Body Inflates Automatically When the Wearer Enters the Water
(Below) The Stole Nearest The Body Inflates Automatically When The Wearer Enters The Water. - View image in PDF
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 4th January, 1866. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., r.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
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The H.M.S. Hannibal
'At 5 P.M. on the 6th December a telephone message was received from H.M.S. Hannibal request- ing the Life-boat to proceed to the as- sistance of a vessel which had stranded on the Skerries. The Motor Life-boat John A. Hay was dispatched...
The Ferry Boat Wallasey
DECEMBER 28TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 4.50 in the afternoon a message was received from the New Brighton stage that the ferryboat Wallasey was ashore north of Seacombe, with passengers on board.
A slight south-east...
The Life-Boat
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, mil serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 304 Life-boat Stations of...
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