LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Varley Batteries
The battery that's fitted to the Atlantic The Atlantic 21 was designed for the RNLI to withstand the arduous conditions involved in high speed search and rescue operations.
This special boat needs a very special battery...
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Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: MAY 1995 Sam Baxter MBE, honorary life president of Morecambe & Heysham financial branch.
Serving as honorary secretary of Morecambe lifeboat station from 1967 to 1978...
Category: Obituaries
Cogswell & Harrison Ltd
THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL FLASHLIGHT DYNALITE FLASHES The world's most powerful flashlight, specially imported from the U.S.A. This six-cell flashlight is 80,000 candle power and is entirely waterproof, made of strong plastic and...
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Leona
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—While the Life-boat Mary Isabella was out for practice on the 31st January, a trawler reported that a schooner was in need ofassistance, most of her sails having been blown away. A strong gale was blowing from the S.W.,...
HM The Queen honours RNLI eight
Commitment to fundraising, education and innovation has earned eight RNLI volunteers a place on the 2015 Queen’s New Year Honours list.
Included in the group is Captain Hugh Fogarty (pictured above), whose 30-year career...
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A Ship's Boat
NOVEMBER 23RD. - TENBY, PEM-BROKESHIRE. A ship's boat with men on board, thought to be from a vessel which had been sunk by enemy action, was reported to be drifting off St. Govan’s Head, but nothing was found. Later it was learned that...
During a Visit to the Shipyard of Brooke Marine Ltd., Lowestoft, the Duke of Edinburgh Inspected Two of the R.N.L.I.'s 44-Foot Steel Life-Boats Which Were Then Nearing Completion
During a visit to the shipyard of Brooke Marine Ltd., Lowestoft, the Duke of Edinburgh inspected two of the R.N.L.I.'s 44-foot steel life-boats which were then Hearing completion. Pictured with the Duke is Mr. Harry L. Dowsett (right),... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Kind of Conditions In Which Medals Are Earned... the St.Mary's Lifeboat Goes to the Aid of a Yacht In the Service Which Won Her Coxswain, Barry Bennett His Br
The kind of conditions in which medals are earned... The St Mary's lifeboat goes to the aid of a yacht in the service which won her coxswain, Barry Bennett his Bronze Medal. - View image in PDF
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Eliza
WHITBURN.—On the 20th April, the brig Eliza, of Shoreham, bound from Stockholm to Sunderland with deals and iron, drove on shore a little to the north- ward of Whitburn Steel. Signals of dis- tress were shown, and the Coast-guard at once...
Burthon
At 9 A.M. on the 14th November, the same Life-boat proceeded, in fow of a steam-tug, to the assistance of the Norwegian barque Burthon, which had gone on the Holme Sand. On reaching the vessel she was found to be...