LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Past—On Call By Commander Paul C Chapman Obe Rn Dso Dsc
ONE OF THE PEOPLE upon whom honorary life governorship was bestowed at the 1973 annual meeting of the RNLI was Professor William W. Flexner, pho, in recognition of the very valuable help which he has given to the lifeboat service in the...
Category: Articles
The Latest Material to Be Assessed By the Rnli Is Frc (Fibre Reinforced Composite)
The latest material to be assessed by the RNLI is FRC (fibre reinforced composite). Light weight and good abrasion resistance is claimed for the new material and tests with a prototype Mersey (seen above at Newhaven on trials) have been... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Sumner Lifeboat Institution New Zealand Operates An Ex-Rnli 109M Liverpool Class Lifeboat Rescue Iii and a Fast Jet Inshore Boat Aid Ii When a Call-Out Com
The Sumner Lifeboat Institution, New Zealand, operates an ex-RNLI 10.9m Liverpool class lifeboat, Rescue III, and a fast jet inshore boat. Aid II. When a call-out comes, both lifeboats, a control tower and a mobile base in a Landrover are... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
List of Launches
Station-by-station lifeboat launches for November and December WS and January and February 7999 Aberdeen Arun: Nov 12 (twice), 18, Jan 12, 13, 21 and 24 D Class: Jan 13 and 24 Achill Island Arun: Feb 27 Aith Severn: Jan 10, 31 and Feb 9...
Category: Services
Index to the Life-Boat Stations of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. (Tke figures rtfcr to the numbers of the Life-boats dttailtd an pages 336-347. )j Aberdovey, Merioneth, 166. IDroKheda, Ireland, 261. Llttlehaven, Pembroke, 169. Rhyl, Flint, 184. Abersoch,...
Category: Articles
Atlantic College Celebrates 25 Years
THE United World College of the Atlantic is 25 years old this year. What has this to do with the RNLI and what is Atlantic College anyway? Those who are familiar with the history of the college might well consider it the birth place of the...
Category: Articles
Peep Into the Past
A fascinating glimpse of the Lifeboat archives nto the pasL 100 years ago The spring 1906 edition of the then Life-boat Journal reported there was a large demand for the barometers that the RNLI offered to professional mariners at a reduced...
Category: Articles
Carillion, of Cowes (1)
RACE CASUALTY While the yacht Carillion of Cowes was taking part in the Fastnet race on 5th August, 1971, she struck rocks off the Lizard and was damaged.
At 9.30 p.m. the life-boat Duke of Cornwall (Civil Service JVo. 33)...
Task of the Vikings
W ith one of the world's loveliest, albeit most rugged, coastlines - some 2,650km in length and encompassing waters ranging in potential dan yr from the relatively benign Skagerrak. via the remoteness of the cod banks off the Lofotens....
Category: Articles
Fred Olsen Lines
Cruise to Madeiras the Canaries Special of fer to Shoreline Members Fares per person Cabin Description De Luxe Cabin - Bath/WC Outside Cabin - Shower/WC Inside Cabin - Shower/WC Outside Cabin - Shower/WC Inside Cabin - Shower/WC Outside...
Category: Advertisement