LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Self-Devotion of An English Seaman
ON the 3rd of November last, during the gale which produced such devastating effects on the coast of Suffolk, and on other parts of the east coast of England, a Swedish brig, the Vestor, was driven ashore near Orfordness, on the Suffolk...
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Awards to Coxswains and Members of Life-Boat Crews
To HAROLD J. BRADFORD, on his retirement, after serving for 6j years as coxswain, ~l years as second coxswain and 4| years as bowman of the Exmouth life-boat, a coxswain's certificate of service and an ex-gratia grant.
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Awards to Coxswains and Members of Life-Boat Crews
The following coxswains and members of life-boat crews have been awarded certificates of service and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations have been awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance and a...
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Membership News
Active Membership The growth of our active membership continues to be encouraging, and at 13 September 1989 consisted of 149,076 adults, (24,743 Governors and 124,333 Shoreline) with Storm Force reaching 9,592 individuals and 144 groups.<...
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American Helicopter Rescuers
The crew of the helicopter which rescued the sole survivor from the South Goodwin lightship Left to right; CAPTAIN CURTIS E. PARKINS, MAJOR PAUL L PARK, AIRMAN FIRST CLASS ELMER H. VOLLMAN and CAPTAIN W, R. KUSY. - View image in PDF
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One Way of Propelling the Atlantic 21 Launching Trolley: Dodo a Separate Conventional Four-Wheel Drive Tractor Encased In a Watertight 'Hull' of Steel and Armour Plate
One way of propelling the Atlantic 21 launching trolley: DODO a separate conventional four-wheel drive tractor encased in a watertight 'hull' of steel and armour plated glass. On the trolley itself, outboard, can be seen the cooling... - View image in PDF
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Les Coe (left) Receives A Certificate Signed By The RNLI Chairman And Chief Executive At A Party In His Honour At The Downs Sailing Club,Walmer
Les Coe (left) receives a certificate signed by the RNLI Chairman and Chief Executive at a party in his honour at the Downs Sailing Club,Walmer. - View image in PDF
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(Right) After Franklyn
(Right) After Franklyn James (I) had drawn the lottery, Vice- Admiral Sir Peter Compston makes presentations to Councillor Peter Coles, former Mayor of Poole, and Mrs Coles. Looking on are children from Heathlands Junior School.. - View image in PDF
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Lily
Rhyl, Flintshire, and New Brighton, Cheshire - At 10.15 p.m. on i5th July, 1966, news was received that the m.f.v.
Lily had been towed from about 11 miles west of the Bar lightvessel by the Bar pilot boat and handed over to...
Atlantic Storms
" So long as men shall continue to navigate the ocean, and the tempests shall hold their course over its surface, disasters by sea, shipwreck and peril to human life must inevitably take place." —SIR WILLIAM HILLARY,...
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