LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
September (1)
SEPTEMBER MEETING RATHCOURSEY, CO. CORK. While sailing a racing dinghy on the morning of the 23rd July, 1940, a boy and girl were capsized in East Ferry Inlet, Queenstown Harbour. A squally S.W. wind was blowing against the strongly ebbing...
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Disaster survivor names new lifeboatA ceremony in New Quay, Wales on 7 May 2004 was steeped in history. On the 89th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania by a German U-boat torpedo, it was a survivor of that tragedy who named a new...
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Around the Coast—And Inland
THE PRESENTATION of a cheque for more than £50,000 by the Lord Mayor of Cardiff to the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the Institution, was reported in the summer issue of THE LIFEBOAT. It was the amount raised up till that time by the...
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Photo South Wales Evening Post (Left) Vice President of the RNLI the Duke of Atholl Presides Over the Scottish Region Draw at the King James Thistle Hotel.
Photo South Wales Evening Post left) Vice President of the RNLI The Duke of Atholl presides over the Scottish Region draw at the King James Thistle Hotel. - View image in PDF
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General San Martin
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 1.4 on the afternoon of the 17th of April, 1956, the Formby coastguard rang up to say that the tanker General San Martin, of Buenos Aires, had reported that several of her crew had been gassed.
Principal Event In Lyme Regis Lifeboat Week's Spectacular Programme Last July Was the First National Hang-Kite Flying Championship
Principal event in Lyme Regis lifeboat week's spectacular programme last July was the first national hang-kite flying championship.. - View image in PDF
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Maldon and District Branch Made a Collection Down the River Blackwater on Its Flag Day Last July D H Purnews Gaff Cutter Tamarisk Backed Up By Maldon Little Ship Club
Maldon and District branch made a collection down the River Blackwater on its flag day last July. D. H.PurneWs gaff cutter Tamarisk, backed up by Maldon Little Ship Club guard boat, motored down as far as St Lawrence Bay approaching all... - View image in PDF
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Launches
LAUnCHeS 2,210 LIFeBoAt AnD HoVeRcRAFt LAUncHes APRIL–jUne 2007 12-32 JOY AND CHARLES BEEBY 14-17 ELIZABETH AND RONALD 17-26 HENRY ALSTON HEWAT on-####(12-##) Mersey class last built: 1993 refit cost: £190,000 on-####(14-##) trent class...
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The Chairman of the Committee of Management, Capt. The Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., Receiving a Copy of the Film 'Life-Boat' From the Deputy Managing Director of the Perkins Engines Group, Mr. Richard Perkins
The Chairman of the Committee of Management, Capt. The Hon.
V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., receiving a copy of the film 'Life-boat' from the deputy managing director of the Perkins Engines Group,... - View image in PDF
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Annual Report. 1908
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, on Thursday, the 19th day of March, The Eight Honourable Lord Balfour of Burleigh, K.T., P.O., in the Chair,...
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