LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Travelling Festival
BESIDES the exhibition on the South Bank of the Thames there were two travelling exhibitions. One by sea and the other by land. The exhibition by sea was mounted in the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Campania, which sailed from Southampton early in...
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The Life-Boat Station
THE 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 280 Life-boat Stations...
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The Life-Boat Station
THE 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 281 Life-boat Stations...
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The Owers Lightship
NOVEMBER 9TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 1.45 in the afternoon the coastguard passed on a message from Owers Lightship asking the life-boat to come out to the lightship and take a sick man ashore. A strong northerly breeze was blowing, with a...
Index to the Branches
ABBRDEHS- . . . .221 ABBRDOVEY . . . .197 ABKBSOCH .... 166 ACOCK'S GrREKH . . 213 AX.DEBURGH . . . .207 INDEX TO THE BRANCHES.
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The Factory Ship Pionersk
67 saved from stranded factory ship in Storm Force winds Lerwick's Arun class lifeboat Soldian was involved in another service to a Russian factory ship on 31 October 1994, another service in very bad weather and involving the evacuation...
2012 - the year of the floods
RNLI lifeboats launched more than 8,000 times in 2012 in a year of poor weather and heavy rainfall. Despite the weather, our lifeguards helped more than 16,000 people.
Meanwhile, the RNLI Flood Rescue Team had their...
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Blue Peter III Reaches the 'Casualty' Crew Member Ted Hill Who Has (Uncharacteristically) Overturned His Dinghy (Above) Ted 'Exhausted' Is Taken Aboard the Ilb Whil
. . Blue Peter III reaches the 'casualty', Crew Member Ted Hill who has (uncharacteristically) overturned his dinghy. (Above) Ted, exhausted', is taken aboard the ILB while Graham Thorburn and Paddy Hooton, helped by this... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
One at a Time the Twin Ford Diesel Engines
One at a time the twin Ford diesel engines. - View image in PDF
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The Long Tow
WHEN THE new Gorleston 44-foot steel life-boat Khami on 5th September, 1967» went to the aid of the m.v. Aureity, whose steering gear had broken down, no one knew then that the life-boat would end up by towing the auxiliary cutter...
Category: Services