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The Great Western
The Great Western sponsored snorkle under way in the floating harbour, Bristol, on May 10.
Wessex Federation of Diving Clubs, which organised the event, was supported by 220 divers from the South West, the South, the Home... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Thomas Stanley Treanor
THE Rev. Thomas Stanley Treanor, M.A., came from the parish of Achill, on the west coast of Ireland, and in July, 1878, was appointed chaplain to the Missions to Seamen for Deal and the Downs. A scholar and author, Treanor could read Greek...
Category: Articles
Letters and Membership
etter All letters featured here relate to the Inshore Lifeboat Centre (ILC) in Cowes, Isle of Wight, where all RNLI inshore lifeboats are built and maintained, as featured in the winter 2005/06 issue of the Lifeboat Our cover features...
Category: Correspondence
The James and Catherine MacFarlane, a 36-Foot Oakley Reserve Life-Boat, Was on Display at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, in July, 1966, While on its Way to the Royal Show
The James and Catherine MacFarlane, a 36-foot Oakley reserve life-boat, was on display at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, in July, 1966, while on its way to the Royal Show.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Away ! It Was the Roughest Weather In Which the Dungeness Boat Has Ever Been Launched Photographs By Courtesy of G T Paine
Lifeboat away ! It was the roughest weather in which the Dungeness boat has ever been launched.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Phillip Arthur May
Phillip Arthur May, a crew member of Padstow lifeboat for 27 years, serving as emergency mechanic from 1952 to 1972..
Category: Obituaries
Tenby May 17 1986:
Tenby, May 17, 1986: meteorological records showed Tenby to be the wettest place in the country on the day the station's new D class inflatable lifeboat was handed over and dedicated. This did nothing to dampen the spirits of sisters... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
One hot August weekend lifeboats launched around 200 times. With the average launch cost for an all weather boat being £5,800 and £2,200 for an inflatable, the two days cost the RNLi almost £700,000 for launches alone
One hot August weekend lifeboats launched around 200 times. With the average launch cost for an all weather boat being £5,800 and £2,200 for an inflatable, the two days cost the RNLi almost £700,000 for launches... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wild is the wind
The wind brings us clear blue skies and storms, makes a sailboat sail and chills us to the bone. But have you ever wondered where it comes from? Here the Lifeboat gives you a beginner’s guide to wind and its extreme effects<...
Category: Articles