LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Television Appeal
ON Sunday, the 19th of February, 1961, the first television appeal on behalf of the life-boat service was broadcast by the B.B.C. The appeal to viewers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was made by Mr. Wynford Vaughan Thomas. That to...
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SERVICES: RESCUE IN WORST WEATHER FOR 20 YEARS
WHEN on 20th November, 1971, red flares were sighted in the area of the Wallet Spitway buoy, the Clacton, Essex, life-boat Valentine Wyndham- Quin was launched at 6.17 p.m. The wind was south south west force 5 to 6 with rain...
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Coxswain Derek Sargent
Coxswain Derek Sargent Station: Weymouth Boat: 54ft Arun Tony Vandervell Conditions: Wind SSW Force 10, forecast to increase, visibility reduced by rain.
Service: Rescued five survivors from 40ft catamaran Sunbeam Chaser 12... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mercury Marine
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The Pyrene Company Ltd
Just as ships on the men emergency of THE PYRENE COMPANY LTD.
9 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.I Victoria 8474 Head Office and works BRENTFORD, MIDDLESEX Canadian Plan*: TORONTO Australian Plant: MELBOURNE in distress know...
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Pyrene Co. Ltd
THE PYRENE COMPANY LTD.
Just as ships in distress know they can depend on the men of Britain's life-boats, so in the emergency of fire the R.N.L.I, crews themselves know they can depend upon the sure and unfailing...
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Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At seven o'clock on the evening of the 26th of January, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a patient at Knoydart needed urgent medical treatment. As no other boat was available, the life- boat E. M....
The Fishing Launch Lively
Mallaig, Inverness-shire - At 12.5 a.m. on 4th April, 1967, it was learned that the fishing launch Lively was overdue.
The life-boat E. M. M. Gordon Cubbin was launched at 12.25 in a gentle westerly breeze. It was one hour...
Record Breakers! Smiles All Round from Members of the Lowestoft Model Boat Club
Record breakers! Smiles all round from members of the Lowestoft Model Boat Club who returned in triumph after setting new endurance records with their radio-controlled craft during a world distance attempt at Stevenage, which was organised... - View image in PDF
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Town & Country
"WE WERE SO PLEASED WITH OUR BRILLIANT NEW DRIVEWAY, WE GOT TOWN & COUNTRY TO DO THE PATHS AND PATIO AS WELL." Although a Town & Country driveway is beautiful to look at, its beauty is more than skin deep. Beneath the...
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