LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
(Left) the Mf Receiver and Transmitter
fll Thf MF i&rcnyer anrl transmitter are npar tho rr«w miamhBr'i; Inft tianH with thf» MF Heft) The MF receiver and transmitter are near the crew member's left hand with the MF DF set above The much smaller VHF radio... - View image in PDF
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Boy Reggie
At 2.40 P.M.
on 18th December the Coastguard reported that the motor fishing boat Boy Reggie, of Lowestoft, was in dis- tress near the Holm Sands. A moderate S. W. breeze was blowing with a moderate sea, and as the crew...
George Harrison Bem
JANUARY 1991 George Harrison BEM, mechanic at Lytham St Annes from 1939 to 1978. George, who was perhaps the longest serving mechanic, was awarded a Bronze medal in 1939, the Thanks of the Institution on Vellum in 1962 and the BEM in...
Category: Obituaries
Albert Watson Bem
JANUARY 1992 Albert Watson BEM, coxswain of Cromarty lifeboat from 1934 to 1968 when the station closed. He had been assistant mechanic from 1928 until his appointment as coxswain and was awarded a Silver Medal in 1959..
Category: Obituaries
Douglas Head and Harbour 1974 Note Lifeboat Boathouse and Slip In Outer Harbour Or Crough; Fort Anne Above Inner Harbour; and Si Mary's Rock With Its Tower Of
Douglas Head and Harbour, 1974. Note lifeboat boathouse and slip in outer harbour, or Crough; Fort Anne, above inner harbour; and Si Mary's Rock with its Tower of Refuge at bottom right of picture.
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Not Retiring
To Mr. Robert Fraser, honorary secretary and treasurer of Airh branch, are expressed apologies for inadvertently stating that he had retired in the June number of THE LIFE-BOAT. Mr. Fraser, who was presented with a barometer in recognition...
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Fig4: and Stowed on One Side Edian Courtauld Her Decks Stripped for Action Was at Cardnell Brothers for Partial Survey Her New Air Bag Has Already Been Fitted to Her
Fig. 5: New sacrificial anodes are fitted to afloat boats each year. The wastage caused by electrolytic action can be seen by comparing new anode with old one just taken off Edian Courtauld: Ji/6 of metal had been eroded in twelve months at... - View image in PDF
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Four and a Half Years of War.
In four and a half years of war our life-boatmen have rescued 5536 lives, and have won 200 medals for gallantry. They have rescued twenty-four lives every week since war began..
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Boy John
Wells, Norfolk. At 9.30 on the even- ing of the 14th July, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretarythat a yacht was in distress off Blakeney.
There was a moderate west-south- westerly wind and a smooth sea...
(Below) Port St.Mary's 54Ft Arun the Gough Ritchie and Port Erin's 37Ft 6In Rather Osman Gabriel Together With Port St.Mary's D- Class Ilb and Boarding Boat Man Ship Ready to Cheer King Olaf
(Below) Port St Mary's 54ft Arun The Gough Ritchie and Port Erin's 37ft 6in Rather Osman Gabriel, together with Port St Mary's D- class ILB and boarding boat, man ship ready to cheer King Olaf.
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