LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat Service and the Shipping Companies
READERS of The Life-Boat will not need to be reminded of the efforts which the Institution has made during the last two years to call attention to the failure of the shipping community of Great Britain to give adequate support to the...
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Muir Ara
Galway Bay - At 7.30 p.m. on 25th March, 1966, the honorary secretary received a report that distress flares had been seen about a mile south east of the North Aran light. At 8.5 the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched.
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Mountblairy, of Plymouth
Rosslare Harbour (Co. Wexford).
On the 20th October, the schooner Mountblairy, of Plymouth, was driven ashore about five miles from Rosslare Harbour in a whole gale, with a very heavy sea running. She lay surrounded by...
Rnli Big Band Concert
DON'T FORGET TO BUY YOUR TICKETS FOR THE BIG BAND CONCERT (in aid of the RNLI) Saturday, March 12th 1977 at 7 p m.
NEW VICTORIA THEATRE WILTON STREET, LONDON SW1 featuring THE BAND OF H,M, ROYAL MARINES THE CHRIS BARBER...
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Four Flying 15 Dinghies and One National 18 Dinghy
Dinghies capsize A NEAR GALE, south-south-westerly force 7, was blowing on the afternoon of Saturday July 26, 1986, when Mrs Helen Nicholson noticed that a number of sailing boats were in difficulty off Hook Lighthouse and Waterford...
Left) Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse a 52Ft Barnett Lifeboat Stationed at Plymouth from 1952 to 1974 for Her Service to Merc Enterprise An January 16 1974 Co
(Left) Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse, a 52ft Barnett lifeboat stationed at Plymouth from 1952 to 1974. For her service to Merc Enterprise an January 16, 1974, Coxswain John Dare was awarded the bronze medal for gallantry.. - View image in PDF
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How You Can Save By a Gift to the Institution
IT does not sound possible, but it i The following is a list of the cost of the is a fact that by making a large gift! different types of Life-boat and of these to the Institution during his life other parts of the equipment of the wealthy...
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Cmdr F R H Swann O.B.E. R.N.V.R. (Second Left) a Deputy Chairman of the R.N.L.I. at Lowestoftin February 1968 During a Tour of Life-Boat Stations
Cmdr. F. R. H. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R. (second left), a deputy chairman of the R.N.L.I., at Lowestoftin February, 1968, during a tour of life-boat stations along the East Anglian coast. With him at the life-boat station (from left to right)... - View image in PDF
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Shades of 'The Boyhood of Raleigh'1 Bob Walton, Membership Secretary, Tells Linda Catlin, Shoreline's 20,000/7; Member, of the Sea and Ships and Lifeboats
Shades of 'The Boyhood of Raleigh'1 Bob Walton, membership secretary, tells Linda Catlin, Shoreline's 20,000/7; member, of the sea and ships and lifeboats. - View image in PDF
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It Was a Summer of Fairs Tombola Break for (I to R) Mr and Mrs W J Shufflebottom Who Opened Their Home and Garden at Hanchurch for Stoke-On-Trent Ladies' Guild F
was a summer of fairs . . . tombola break for (I. to r.) Mr and Mrs W. J. Shufflebottom, who opened their home and garden at Hanchurch for Stoke-on-Trent ladies' guild fair, with Miss Winifred Barratt, who opened festivities, and Mrs W... - View image in PDF
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