LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution In 1901
Jan. 10.—Voted an aneroid barometer to Mr. Gr. H. WARD, master of the Trinity pilot cutter Alpha, and 10s. each to three of the crew for putting off in a boat from the cutter and rescuing ten of the crew of H.M. yawl Hind, which had stranded...
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Cleghorn Waring
There's a lot of Jobs for Jabsco pumps on any boat Engine Cooling Jabsco pumps oiler a complete range for mannisalion or replacement.
WC Macerator This aid to sewage pumping is compact and runs efficiently off a 1 2 v s...
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Past and Present
25 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT, June 1965 issue SIX NEW STEEL LIFEBOATS After intensive trials extending over nearly a year the Institution has decided, in principle, to build six 44- foot steel life-boats. They will be to the...
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Lifeboat Services August September and October 1983
Aberdovery, Gwynedd Atlantic21: August 3,10,15,18,19 (twice), 28 and September 20 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic21: August 11, 14, 15, 16, 26, 27, September 1 (twice), 4,7,11,19 and 28 Aberystwyth, Dyfed D class inflatable: August 3, 6, 7, 13,19...
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Premuda
JANUARY 16TH. - MARGATE, RAMSGATE.
AND WALMER. KENT. At 9.30 P.M. a message was received at Margate from the Margate coastguard that an Italian steamer was sinking close to the North Goodwin Light-vessel. A strong N.E. wind...
Longshoremen In Winter
Telling of the Winter Life ltd by tht Stout-hearted Heroes who Man our Life-boats.
By HERBERT RUSSELL.
WHEN the shrill piping of the equinoctial gales has proclaimed the coming of the long bleak months of...
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KISS OF LIFE
A 13-year-old’s quick thinking and love for his Dad keep them both alive when a February kayaking trip goes wrong
After a good breakfast, Paul Rowlands kissed his wife Julie goodbye and set off on an adventure with his son...
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The Development of the Lifeboat By Eric Middleton
THE EVER INCREASING SPEED of Scientific and technological advance over recent years has naturally made itself felt in the design, construction and equipment of lifeboats throughout the world. So rapid have these changes been in the second...
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On Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Flag Day
On Great Yarmouth and Gorleston flag day.
July 15, Danny La Rue, then appearing in his summer show at Great Yarmouth, came to the market place lifeboat stall and signed photographs of himself, which he donated, and also... - View image in PDF
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A Sailing Dinghy
Margate, Kent. At 5.34 on the after- noon of 6th April, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing dinghy was being carried out to sea east of Longnose buoy. A moderate south-west wind was blowing with a slight...