LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Rye Disaster. Result of the Board of Trade Inquiry
Owing to the Rye disaster, and the Board of Trade Inquiry which was held on it, the issue of THE LIFEBOAT which should have been published in February has been delayed, as it was felt to be most important that it should contain the full...
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The Kapok Design Was Used from 1906 Until the Late 1960S
The Kapok Design Was Used From 1906 Until The Late 1960S. - View image in PDF
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MARCH 2ND. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
At 1.55 P.M. a small white mast with a flag was seen about six or seven miles E. N.E. of the life-boat station. It was thought to be a raft with people on board.
A light...
Hull Trawler "Finmark" Ashore on Kettleness Point
The Ronswick (Yorkshire) Life-boat was unable to get to the wreck and was driven ashore, 8th February, 1926.. - View image in PDF
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Fictional Ennui's Point Coxswain Jack Tustin
Fictional Ennui's Point coxswain. Jack Tustin played by Philip Madoc (I), and factual Mumbles coxswain, Derek Scott, together 'aboard' the mock-up stern cabin on display at Earls Court.. - View image in PDF
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The Hull Is Turned Upright for the First Time Before Being Transported to Osborne's of Littlehampton for Fitting Out
The Hull Is Turned Upright For The First Time Before Being Transported To Osborne's of Littlehampton For Fitting Out. - View image in PDF
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Mastering The Technique
Feature Mastering the technique Although it’s not the urgent call of pagers that wake the crew members from their slumbers but the unwelcome shrill of alarm clocks, it’s no ordinary morning for Kieran and Paul. They are staying for a week at...
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Management.
Life-boat.
North Deal .
Friday, 25th July, 1919.
Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., V.P., in the Chair.
Head and confirmed the minutes of the...
Category: Committee
Books
• Storms brought devastation to Margate during the winter of 1978, destroying its pier and wrecking the lifeboat station. However, as a result of the research which followed to replace the lost service boards of Margate's lifeboats,...
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Centenary of the Dutch Life-Boat Service
As was indicated in the important article contributed by my friend, Mr. de Booy, in the February, 1921, issue of this journal, the beneficent influence of Sir William Hillary's noble initiative in the foundation of the ROYAL NATIONAL...
Category: Articles