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Awards for Bravest Deeds of 1953

Date: June 1954

Volume: 33

Issue: 368

THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act, of life-saving in 1953 has been won by Coxswain HughNelson,ofDonagha- dee, County Down. The award has been made for the service to the Princess Victoria on the 31st of Jan- uary, 1953, when the...

Category: Awards

Fishing Boats

Date: September 1960

Volume: 35

Issue: 393

North Sunderland, Northumberland.

On the evening of the 3rd of April, 1960, nine local fishing boats left for Berwick Bay. By midnight the weather had deteriorated, and the southerly gale was accompanied by a very rough...

The R.N.L.I. Goes to Miami

Date: March 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 419

EARLY last year Mr. Hugh Matheson, jr., of the Jamaica Inn, Miami, Florida, U.S.A., made a request for English life-boat service photographs to hang in a room there. His request was fulfilled.

In October came news that,...

Category: Articles

Resuscitation Award

Date: March 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 419

A SOUND knowledge of the mouth to mouth resuscitation technique has earned Motor Mechanic Frederick G. Webber, of the Fowey life-boat, the Royal Humane Society resuscitation certificate.

On 24th July a self drive motor boat...

Category: Awards

Kaye & Ward Ltd

Date: June 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 420

Everyone interested in the Life-Boat Service—whether young or old— will value this book RESCUE CALL Angus MacVicar An account of the development of the life-boat services in Britain, theCommon- wealth and America. Although all tech-...

Category: Advertisement

An Eye for Detail In Lifeboat Design

Date: Autumn 1975

Volume: 44

Issue: 454

IN THE AUTUMN issue we published two pictures illustrating lifeboat propeller tunnel construction.

Here to round off the story is a photograph of the same detail in a completed 48' 6" Solent slipway lifeboat. Note...

Category: Articles

Cogswell & Harrison Ltd

Date: Autumn 1975

Volume: 44

Issue: 454

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 made of strong plastic, and unconditionally guaranteed for...

Category: Advertisement

Cogswell Harrison

Date: Autumn 1973

Volume: 43

Issue: 446

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 made of strong plastic, and unconditionally guaranteed for...

Category: Advertisement

Margate Then...

Date: Winter 1998

Volume: 56

Issue: 543

Last year marked the centenary of the loss of Margate rescue surf boat Friend to all nations along with nine of her crew. The surfboat was operated by a group of local boatmen in tandem with the RNLI lifeboat - generally the same men would... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Tubbie Raffle

Date: Winter 1998

Volume: 56

Issue: 543

Soft toy replicas of TV's lovable Teletubbies have been quickly selling out in shops everywhere.

Ronald Benzie, owner of Exmouth store Thomas Tucker's, decided to keep two back to raffle for lifeboat funds and... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs