LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Commander P. E. Vaux, D.S.C., R.N. The Chief Inspector of Life-Boats Retires
COMMANDER PHILIP EDWARD VAUX, D.S.C., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life- boats, retired from the service of the Institution on the 30th of June of this year. He had been chief inspector since the 1st of January, 1939.
Commander...
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(Inset 1990) Has the Cut-Away Topsides and Standard Wheelhouse of the Later Boats
While The Final Boat Duke of Atholl (inset, 1990) has the cut-away topsides and standard wheelhouse of the later boats.. - View image in PDF
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Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain Robert Brown of Swanage, who has been coxswain since 1941. He was assistant mechanic from 1928 to 1934 and second coxswain from 1934 to 1941. During his period of service Swanage life-boats have...
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The Life-Boat Station
THB following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 294 Life-boat Stations...
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The French Life-Boat Service
By M. GRANJON de LEPINEY, Administrates Delegue.
[The footnotes are by the Editor of " The Life-Boat"] THE Central Society for Saving the Ship- wrecked * was founded in 1865 in the following circumstances. The...
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RNLI Family: The life of the charity. Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
ALL GROWN UP
Back in 2012, photographer Nigel Millard took a picture of the children of Tobermory’s crew trying on their parents’ kit. Almost 5 years later, the station recreated the iconic shot. Alexander Anderson (second...
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The Frank
At about midnight on the 8-9th February the district police constable roused the coxswain of the Life-boat Mary Andrew, and reported that a vessel was ashore south of Bondicar and making distress signals. The crew were assembled and the boat...
Mr. John R. Atterton, Deputy Secretary of the R.N.L.I.
Mr. John R. Atterton, deputy secretary of the R.N.L.I.. - View image in PDF
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Coxswain George Tart of Dungeness Receives the Bronze Medal
Coxswain George Tart of Dungeness Receives The Bronze Medal. - View image in PDF
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The Scene In Old Market Square Nottingham As the Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Mrs 1 F Matthews Welcomed Everyone to the Handing Over Ceremony of Rnlb Nottinghamshir
The scene in Old Market Square, Nottingham, as the Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Mrs 1. F.
Matthews, welcomed everyone to the handing over ceremony of RNLB Nottinghamshire.
photograph by courtesy of Jeff... - View image in PDF
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