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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Eagle Book of Ships
THE Eagle Book of Ships and Boats (Hulton Press, 15/-)., which is excel- lently produced and illustrated, has been published at a most reasonable price. It includes sections on the Royal Navy, the Merchant Navy, safety at sea and sailing....
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Swedish "Plaque of Merit"
Presented to the Institution by the Swedish Life-boat Society. - View image in PDF
(See page 334).. - View image in PDF
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Carillion, of Cowes (1)
RACE CASUALTY While the yacht Carillion of Cowes was taking part in the Fastnet race on 5th August, 1971, she struck rocks off the Lizard and was damaged.
At 9.30 p.m. the life-boat Duke of Cornwall (Civil Service JVo. 33)...
Rescue of Angler
AN unusual rescue carried out in a small plywood dinghy led to the rescue from drowning of an angler near Dunbar on 15th April, 1968. At 3.30 in the after- noon of that day, Miss H. Bibby, a gardener on the Earl of Haddington's estate at...
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Notes of the Quarter
IN 1957, for the second year in succession, life-boats were launched on service more than 700 times. The total figure was 716, and the last two years have been the only years in time of peace in which the figure of 700 was exceeded.
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Mermaid, of Grimsby
the 14th November the Life -boat Licensed Victualler was launched to rescue a boy who had bee.n left on board the smack Mermaid, of Grimsby, which vessel had parted from her cables while in charge of the boy and grounded 200 yards from the...
Trilby, of Benllech
AUGUST 5TH. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
At ten o’clock at night the resident of a bungalow on the cliffs near Benllech reported to the honorary secretary of the life-boat station that signals were being made by torch from a launch...
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SIMPLY THE BASTE!
Our superfit supporters raise thousands for the RNLI through running events. And at Christmas they were joined by a new team mate: the animated turkey Captain McStuffing. Our feathered fundraiser
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