LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fundraising
Running miles but going nowhere? Why not take part in an exciting RNLI race and take your running to new horizons while raising funds that help save lives at sea...A race to suit every paceIf you're a keen runner but tired of doing it...
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Suzon
— On the morning of the 8th April the steamer Suzon, of Antwerp, ran ashore at Breaksea Point. She was bound from France to Newport with a cargo of pitwood and carried a crew of twenty- four. She was seen by the watchman at Breaksea, and the...
Duckhams Oils Ltd.
DUCKHAMS go out to sea in a Force 8 gale Putting out to sea in a lifeboat on a dirty "winter's night in impossible conditions takes more than a high order of seamanship. It takes guts.
Men and boats are stretched...
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Y.L.A. Section
'STICK WITH IT' Mr. Peter W. Derham, assistant operational secretary of the Mudeford IRB, told a public meeting of the Christchurch, Hants, branch of the R.N.L.I. that a 'cardinal sin' of the sea was for anyone to leave their...
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New Stations and Additional Life-Boats
CAMPBELTOWN.—A new life-boat station has been established at Campbeltown, in Cantyre, on the West Coast of Scotland, and a 30 ft. 6-oared single-banked, selfrighting life-boat was forwarded there from London in June last. The cost of this...
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Ray Oliver: Bowman and Centre-Forward
Honorary Secretary, Cullercoats and Whitley Bay Branch THE crew of the Cullercoats life-boat and the people of Cullercoats and Whitley Bay are justly proud of their bowman, Ray Oliver. Not only is Ray a first-class officer in the boat, but...
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Clifford James
DIRECT FROM OUR FACTORY THERMAL CHALLENGER SIDE ZIP BOOT FOR MEN & WOMEN SAVE£5 NORMAL PRICE IS NOW ONLY .99 FREE DELIVERY MENS SIZES- 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12.
WOMENS SIZES - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.
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A Vessel (11)
DECEMBER 24TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL, AND APPLEDORE, DEVON.
During the afternoon information was received from the coastguard that a vessel appeared to be in difficulties about five miles west-north-west of Hartland Point. A...
Aarla
A NINE HOURS' SEARCH Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—A few minutes after five in the morning of the 17th of June, 1947, information was received through Portpatrick Radio Station and the coastguard, from a vessel, eight and a half...
Book Reviews
• A welcome addition to the yachtsman's library of pilotage is the new book Channel Islands Pilot by Malcolm Robson (Nautical Publishing, £7.50) which contains the following appreciation by Major-General R. H. Farrant, CB, Chairman...
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