LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Honorary Workers of the Institution. No. 6. Mr. William Bertram, J.P., Hon. Secretary of the Dunbar and Skateraw Branch
NOWHERE on the coast of Scotland, or, indeed, on the coasts of the British Isles, has the Institution an Honorary Secre- tary who has worked harder and more successfully for the cause than Mr. Bertram at Dunbar.
For...
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Four of the Programme Sellers at the Lifeboat and Mermaid Ball Held By the Central London Committee at the Dorchester Hotel Last November: (I to R) Julia Kerr Lul
Four of the programme sellers at the Lifeboat and Mermaid Ball held by the Central London Committee at the Dorchester Hotel last November: (I. to r.) Julia Kerr, Lula Wellard, Vanessa Bellamy and Jasmine Taylor. Such was the advertising... - View image in PDF
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Dew-i-wyn
.—At 11.35 A.M.
on the 30th September a telephone message was received at the coastguard's station, Clovelly, from the coastguard at Hartland Point, to the effect that a ketch was showing signals of...
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AGED 60? HOMEOWNER? I enjoy a more prosperous retirement Ex-Service man makes the most of his retirement years with an equity release scheme Flying for the first time into the airfield he had helped to build whilst serving in Burma during...
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Motor Life-Boats of the Institution. No. 5.—The 35 Feet 6 Inches Liverpool Type
As described in the article in the last issue of The Life-boat on the 35 feet 6' inches self-righting type of motor life-boat, the Institution was engaged from 1921 to 1929 in experiments on a motor life-boat which should be suffi-...
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The Life-boats of Ramsgate and Margate at Dunkirk
EVACUATION OF MEN OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE AND THE FRENCH ARMY FROM DUNKIRK.* THE WORK OF THE LIFE-BOATS OF RAMSGATE AND MARGATE.
At 1.15 in the afternoon of Thursday, the 30th of May, 1940, the Ministry of...
The St. Cybi, Civil Service No. 9
A model of the 52-feet Barnett Stromness life-boat at Holyhead, made by Mr. F. A. Gordon of the Royal Air Force Establishment, Farnborough. and presented by him to the Institution (See page 405). - View image in PDF
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Life-Saving Apparatus at Sea
The following is the text of the report of the committee appointed by the Board of Trade to consider the question of boats, rafts, and life-saving apparatus carried by sea-going merchant ships: — " Liverpool, 25 October,...
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GIVE IT A GO: BEACHCOMBING
Mermaid’s purses, pelican feet, hag stones – would you recognise these on the beach? Beachcomber and RNLI volunteering champion Debbie Corke gives us her tips for coastal finds
This summer, you’ll probably be spending some...
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It's Late It's Dark and It's Raining But the Oakley Is Ashore and the Princess Royal Is on Her Carriage for the First Time So All We Have to Do Now Is Launch Her Again A
It's late, it's dark and it's raining, but the Oakley is ashore and The Princess Royal is on her carriage for the first time. So all we have to do now is launch her again and then retrieve her before we go home to bed…. - View image in PDF
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