LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coxswain James Turpin
Coxswain James Turpin, whose picture appeared in the June issue of THE LIFE-BOAT, joined the Fowey life-boat in 1938 and not 1948 as we stated. His life-boat service has been practically unbroken..
Category: Articles
Helping Pilots In Trouble
THE SOUTH EAST coast of England, as was the case during the war, still hears (and sometimes sees) military aircraft belonging to the R.A.F. and the U.S.A.F.
During this summer alone life-boats of the Institution have...
Category: Articles
Ramrod
Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 4.1 p.m. on 5th June, 1966, a woman reported a yacht about one and a halfmiles off shore, which appeared to be out of control, with a man hanging over the stern. The life-boat Edian Courtauld was launched at...
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SPECIAL AWARD Swanage, Dorset. On 8th May, 1965, the Swanage life-boat R.L.P. helped in the rescue of a man from a cliff-face. A full account of this service, for which a special award was made to the coxswain and crew, appears on page...
Fig 4
Fig 4 (below): Deep bilge keels, port and starboard, have now completed the protective tunnels for the propellers. - View image in PDF
'A' brackets and stern tubes, ready to take the propeller shafts, are fitted.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Martell Cognac
Martell. The supreme cognac • Martell cognac is guaranteed to have been distilled exclusively from a selection of the best wines grown in the Cognac district of France.
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A Dinghy
Dinghy capsize A LIFEBOATMAN, John Strachan, who is skipper of a ferry running from Largs Pier to Cumbrae, and Matthew Ramsay and Donald McMillan, skippers of fishing vessels Sea Nymph and Mhari Bhan, who were mooring their boats at Largs...
Valentia's New 52Ft Arun Margaret Frances Love
Valentia's new 52ft Arun Margaret Frances Love was greeted when she arrived on station in February by the previous Valentia lifeboat, the 52ft Barnett Rowland Watts. The photograph was taken by Richard J. Robinson, a former crew member,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Whitstable
WHITSTABLE, Sunday January 19, 1986: a 24ft fishing boat, Duke Senior, with a party of anglers on board ran aground outside the harbour in a strong westerly force 9 gale. She was later re-floated by the rising tide and at 1417 she was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bank Pays Out!
Bank pays out! Councillor Ian Oxlev, second right, hands over a £300 cheque from the profits of six Torbay bottle banks to works and harbours chairman Denis Reid. Later Mr Reid passed on the cash to Captain Barry Anderson, left,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs