LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Portuguese Brigantine Boa Nova and The English Schooner Britannia
On the 13th February the Holyhead life-boat performed a valuable service by proceeding to the Portuguese brigantine Boa Nova, and the English schooner Britannia, during a strong gale from W.N.W., and putting pilots on board them, by which...
Fishing Cobles
Several of the fishing-cobles, when returning from their fishing on the 23rd October, were overtaken by a heavy sea. Most of them succeeded in making the harbour in safety, but the last boat, which was some distance behind the others, was ex...
Life-boatmen in the Empire Pageant
ON Empire Day, 24th May last, twenty Life-boatmen took part in the Empire Day Festival and Procession of the Empire organised by the Daily Express in Hyde Park. The procession was led by the massed bands of H.M. Brigade of Guards, and an...
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Eastbourne Life-Boat Museum
MKS. ASTLEY ROBERTS, the president and chairman of the Eastbourne Ladies' Life-boat Guild, has presented the Institution with a four-sided illu- minated electric clock, to stand on the roof of the old life-boathouse, which is now the...
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Award to Master of Steamer
THE Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation has awarded a binocular glass to Captain Donald Joseph MacNeil of Glasgow, master of the coastal tank steamer B.P. Distributor, for skill and seamanship in rescuing six members of the crew of the...
Category: Awards
Life-Boat Enthusiasts
The annual subscription to the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society is £1, junior members under 18 years of age 25p (5s.). For those who live outside the British Isles the rate is US$3.50 (junior, US$1.00) or equivalent. If you are...
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Latch & Batchelor Ltd
STAINLESS STEEL J ROPE FOR RIGGING ffj[ NOMINAL "• [ DIAMETER STANDING RIGGING RUNNING RIGGING f) Milli- Inches / metres (approx) MINIMUM BREAKING LOAD (LBS) 5/64' 705 1100 1590 2820 4410 6350 8646 10200 10500 .534 1200 2130 3330...
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French Award for Helicopter Pilot
The Societe Nationale des Hospital- iers Sauveteurs Bretons has awarded its silver medal for saving life with diploma to Sergeant E. C. Smith of the Royal Air Force for the rescue by helicopter of two of the crew of the trawler Jeanne Gougy...
Category: Awards
The Naming Ceremony of the Arun Class Duke Ofathollal Dundee on 12 May
The naming ceremony of the Arun class Duke ofAthollal Dundee on 12 May was memorable in many ways. Named in honour of The Duke of Atholl who had been the Institution's chairman for a decade up to 1989 she is also the last Arun class... - View image in PDF
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Brighton and Shoreham Harbour: Early in the evening of September 15, 1983, when a force 8 gale, gusting to strong gale, force 9, was blowing from the south west and the sea was very rough, a swimmer was reported in difficulties between...