LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Contents Volume XLI1I Number 448 Chairman: COMMANDER F. R. H. SWANN, CBE, RNVR Director and Secretary: CAPTAIN NIGEL DIXON, RN THE YEAR OF THE LIFEBOAT 1824-1974 Lives Saved: 98,523 Notes of the Quarter by the Editor Service of Thanksgiving...
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A Vessel
Shortly after 5 A.M. j on the 1st November signals of distress were observed from the Gull Light- vessel, and the Life-boat Charles D.ibdin was launched. A heavy sea was running at the time. When the boat reached the Light-vessel they...
Tania of Rochester
Wicklow - At 8.25 a.m. on 29th July, 1967, it was learnt that a yacht was in distress 15 miles southeast of Wicklow. A rope had fouled her propeller. The life-boat J. W. Archer was launched at 8.40 in a strong south easterly wind and a rough...
Plymouth: the Duke and Duchess of Kent Accompanied By the City's Lord Mayor Councillor Ivor Thomas Are Welcomed By Commander F R H Swann Cbe Rnvr The
Plymouth: The Duke and Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the city's Lord Mayor, Councillor Ivor Thomas, are welcomed by Commander F. R. H. Swann, CBE RNVR, then chairman of the Institution . . .. - View image in PDF
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London Life-Boat Day: In Trafalgar Square. Prince Henry Greeting Lady Frank
London Life-Boat Day: In Trafalgar Square Prince Henry Greeting Lady Frank. - View image in PDF
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Emily Raymond
At 10.30 A.M. on the 14th November, the brigantine Emily Raymond, of St. John's, N.B., then aground on the North Bar, Wexford Harbour, exhibited signals of distress. A gale was blowing from the N.W. at the time, with a very bad sea on....
Brune
BURNHAM, SOMERSET.—Soon after 7 P.M.
on the 7th August, the coxswain of the Life-boat saw that the schooner Brune, of Bridgwater, had stranded near Highbridge Pill, and that the crew had been compelled to take to the...
Proud Victors
The winning team from the AA, plus reserves: Mark Quinn; Sasha Westcott; Joe Toghill; Wayne Fearnhead; Steve Blazier; Jamie Stanling; Wendy Evans; Lacey Kempton.. - View image in PDF
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Silver Spray
RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—The ketch, Silver Spray, of Lowestoft, laden with machinery and stone, and bound from Guernsey for the North of England, showed signals of distress when about a quarter of a mile E. of Ryde pier, on the night of the 27th...
D.J. (Bill) Owen,
D.J. (Bill) Owen, honorary secretary at Aldeburgh lifeboat station from 1959 to 1974, also serving as honorary treasurer from 1953 to 1973. He was awarded binoculars in 1969..
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