LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lt Cdr PEC Pickles Mbe Jp Rnvr
NOVEMBER 1990 Lt Cdr P.E.C. Pickles MBE JP RNVR, elected to the Committee of Management in 1968 and appointed a Vice-President in 1975 and a Life Vice- President in 1986. Cdr Pickles served on various committees and was Deputy Chairman of...
Category: Obituaries
Willy De Roos' Yacht Williwaw at Faraday Base Antarctica In 1983
Willy de Roos' yacht Williwawa Faraday Base, Antarctica in 1983. During her passage, she was tested to the limit, breaking through solid ice up to 18 inches thick, passing a Japanese boat that had been frozen in the previous season.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Bicycle Made for Eight!
A bicycle made for eight! Eight members of HM Coastguard undertook to pedal from Chepstow to Penarth, a distance of 50 miles, on a bicycle made for eight by Geoff Townsend.
They raised over £1,000 for the RNLI and are... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Michael Scales
Coxswain Michael Scales of St Peter Port was awarded the gold medal for the service to Bonita on December 13, 1981: he first joined St Peter Port lifeboat crew in 1975, becoming second coxswain in 1980 and coxswain in 1981 (photograph by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
C P Witter Ltd
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An Effective But Less Elegant Self-Righting Method
An effective but less elegant self-righting method. Inflating an air-bag, seen here on a 52ft Barnett, moves the centre of buoyancy to right the boat, but its bulk is less than convenient if left inflated.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Little Knits!
Little knits! Over the last two years Mrs Morley from Cowes has been knitting little lifeboatmen. - View image in PDF
Most are sold during Cowes Week and so far she has raised £80 for the lifeboats in this way.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Front Cover
Margate's Mersey class, Leonard Kent, stands by as tugs fight the fire aboard container vessel, Ever Decent, which collided with cruise liner, Norwegian Dream, off the Kent coast on 24 August. See Stop Press on services page 13 for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Above - Thurso and Longhope Lifeboats
Above - Thurso and Longhope lifeboats stand by with the Orkney Harbours tug, Einar. as 14 crew members from Multitank Ascania are airlifted to safety by the RAF Sea King helicopter from Lossiemouth Photo: J Mathieson. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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