LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Faraway
On the 13th of July, 1952, the Mar- gate life-boat went to the help of a small yacht ashore on Margate sands, and the assistant mechanic waded through the surf to bring two men off the yacht.—Rewards, The thanks of the Institution inscribed...
Liberator
On the 13th of May, 1953, the Valentia life-boat found the French trawler Liberator, of Camaret, south of the Blasket Islands after an eight- hour search in a very rough sea. The coxswain took the life-boat close to the stern of the trawler...
As Reported on Page 108, 46-Foot 9-Inch and 47- Watson Class Life-Boats Are Being Fitted With Two Self-inflatable Bags Which Will Bring Them Back to the Upright Position If They Should Capsize Once.
As reported on page 108, 46-foot 9-inch and 47-foot Watson class life-boats are being fitted with two selfinflatable bags which will bring them back to the upright position if they should capsize once. The pictures, beginning left with a... - View image in PDF
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Vellum for Fowey Mechanic
THE thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum have been accorded to Assistant Mechanic James Turpin of Fowey, Cornwall, who swam a hundred yards through broken water from the Fowey life-boat to the help of a young woman and an auxiliary...
Category: Awards
Index to Advertisers
Birds Eye Foods Inside Front Cover Cogswell & Harrison Limited 35 Leslie Creasey 35 Evett Sailwear Limited Inside back Cover Heritage Publications 32 David Jolly (Tiller Master) 36 Maritime Book Society (Readers Union) . .. .Outside Back...
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(Right) White Rock Bowls Club Raised £45 for Hastings Lifeboat In a New Annual Pairs Competition for the Walden and Weeks Cups Last Autumn the Two Cups Were Present
(Right) White Rock Bowls Club raised £45 for Hastings lifeboat in a new annual pairs competition for the Walden and Weeks cups last autumn. The two cups were presented by Coxswain Joe Martin (centre) to Mr Compary (I.) and Mr Abbott... - View image in PDF
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Harwich: When on July 9 the Ex Revenue Cutter L'Atalanta Went Aground on Cork Sands With Six People on Board the Water Was Too Shallow for Harwich's 44' Waven
Harwich: When, on July 9, the ex revenue cutter L'Atalanta went aground on Cork Sands, with six people on board, the water was too shallow for Harwich's 44' Waveney lifeboat Margaret Graham to approach. Two crew members ran a tow... - View image in PDF
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A cheque for £17,000 was presented to the director, Rear Admiral W. J. Graham
A cheque for £17,000 was presented to the director, Rear Admiral W. J. Graham, on behalf of the Association of British Laundry, Cleaning and Rental Services. The association is celebrating its centenary and in order to mark the event an... - View image in PDF
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Bronze Medallists:
Bronze medallists: (I to r) Dannie McKay of Wick; he saved three men and their coble among rocks in a gale (full report: THE LIFEBOAT, winter '84185); David Clemence of llfracombe who pulled a yacht and her terrified occupant from rocks... - View image in PDF
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Manders Paints Ltd Wolverhampton
This sporting looking team from Manders Paints Ltd, Wolverhampton, took part in the Beaujolais Nouveau Run last November. Sponsorship was obtained from many of Manders' suppliers and the driver Mike Marriott (1) and navigator Tony Hill... - View image in PDF
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