LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Kayak
On Sunday 11 June 2006, a man launched his flat-topped kayak at Perranporth in Cornwall in anticipation of an afternoon's fun. Soon however he was overwhelmed by 2m surf. It washed him, out of control, round into a rocky cove and threw...
Used Postage Stamps and Covers
FOR THE PAST YEAR members of the staff of HM Prison Dartmoor and a number of the inmates have combined in a voluntary stamp scheme to help the RNLI. Used British and foreign postage stamps have been collected, sorted, graded, made up into...
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New Ways of Raising Money
three months from April to June 1956 life-boats went out 28 times to the help of vessels of foreign countries.
The countries concerned were the Argentine, Belgium, Costa Rica, Den- mark, France, Germany, Italy, Li- beria,...
Category: Donations
Rnli National Lottery
THE DRAW for the 29th national lottery on April 30, 1985 was made by Captain Philip Roberts DSO who was captain of RFA Sir Galahad when she came under attack during the Falklands conflict in 1982. Before returning to sea in May this year,...
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New Life-Boat Transporting Carriage
WORK has been in progress for some years to produce a new carriage for transporting life-boats down to the sea at stations where there is no suitable harbour and no means of launching a life-boat down a slipway. For some time the need has...
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Long Service Awards
THE LONG SERVICE BADGE, introduced from January 1, 1982, for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more, has been awarded to: Aberystwyth Crew Member A. Blair Crew Member B. P. Jones Crew Member K....
Category: Awards
Visitor's guide
An invitation to me visit id discover the world of lifeboats..Few visitors to the seaside would think of a lifeboat station as a place to visit. But, as the operation and housing of a lifeboat is an essential seafront activity, many...
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A Life-Boat Model from the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough
Lv the spring of 1951 the Arts and Crafts Guild of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, held its annual exhibition. Included in it was a life-boat stall, with pictures of life-boats and a model being built of a 52-feet Barnett...
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A Yacht
On passage A YACHT IN DIFFICULTY in gale force winds, 12.4 miles bearing 015°M from Llandudno lifeboat station, was reported to the honorary secretary by HM Coastguard at 1610 on Thursday, August 4.
RFA White Rover was...
Belfast's Life-Boat Fete
FOLLOWING the two balls which were organised by the Belfast Ladies' Lifeboat Guild in the winter and spring, a Fete, lasting a fortnight, was held in June in the Bellevue Gardens, Belfast, which had been kindly lent to the Institution by...
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